Speaker
Description
Main supervisor (name and email)<br>and his / her institution
Andrew Forbes, Wits, andrew.forbes@wits.ac.za
Apply to be<br> considered for a student <br> award (Yes / No)?
yes
Level for award<br> (Hons, MSc, <br> PhD, N/A)?
PhD
Would you like to <br> submit a short paper <br> for the Conference <br> Proceedings (Yes / No)?
yes
Summary
Mode Division Multiplexing (MDM) is an emerging technology which harnesses the spatial degree of freedom of laser beams to significantly increase the overall capacity of optical communication systems. MDM research is typically carried out using cameras to measure the beam characteristics under various conditions. In high speed digital communication systems, the time domain characteristics of the beam and of the information modulated onto the beams is important, and it is not possible to use existing, camera-based experimental techniques to thoroughly investigate these characteristics. In this presentation, experimental techniques using so-called “radio over optical” will be described along with explanations for how the data may be interpreted to derive useful physical channel characteristics.
