Mode Multiplexer (IMAGE)

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Mode Multiplexer

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The researchers designed and optimized a mode-division multiplexer that transforms each of the 10 wavelengths into four new beams that each have different shapes. This fourfold increase in data capacity creates 40 channels.

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Kiyoul Yang, Stanford University

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