Long-haul transmission over few-mode fibers with space-division multiplexing

Georg Rademacher; Roland Ryf; Nicolas K. Fontaine; Haoshuo Chen; René Jean Essiambre; Benjamin J. Puttnam; Ruben S. Luís; Yoshinari Awaji; Naoya Wada; Simon Gross; Nicolas Riesen; Michael Withford; Yi Sun; Robert Lingle

doi:10.1109/JLT.2017.2786671

Long-haul transmission over few-mode fibers with space-division multiplexing

Georg Rademacher^*, Roland Ryf, Nicolas K. Fontaine, Haoshuo Chen, René Jean Essiambre, Benjamin J. Puttnam, Ruben S. Luís, Yoshinari Awaji, Naoya Wada, Simon Gross, Nicolas Riesen, Michael Withford, Yi Sun, Robert Lingle

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Abstract

Space-division multiplexing (SDM) has been intensively proposed in recent years to overcome the capacity limitations of the current single-mode fiber infrastructure and to increase the efficiency of optical transmission systems. Few-mode fibers offer the potential of transmitting several signals at the same wavelength over different modes of a fiber with one single core. In this paper, we demonstrate the potential of using few-mode fiber-based SDM systems for long-haul transmission. We analyze system limitations such as mode-dependent loss and Kerr-effect-based nonlinear signal distortions for different modulation formats and distances up to 3500 km. We find that mode-dependent loss poses the major limitation in the analyzed transmission system, masking most intermodal nonlinear interactions.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1382-1388
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of Lightwave Technology
Volume	36
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/JLT.2017.2786671
Publication status	Published - 15 Mar 2018

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few-mode fiber
nonlinear propagation
Space-division multiplexing (SDM)

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Rademacher, Georg ; Ryf, Roland ; Fontaine, Nicolas K. ; Chen, Haoshuo ; Essiambre, René Jean ; Puttnam, Benjamin J. ; Luís, Ruben S. ; Awaji, Yoshinari ; Wada, Naoya ; Gross, Simon ; Riesen, Nicolas ; Withford, Michael ; Sun, Yi ; Lingle, Robert. / Long-haul transmission over few-mode fibers with space-division multiplexing. In: Journal of Lightwave Technology. 2018 ; Vol. 36, No. 6. pp. 1382-1388.

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Long-haul transmission over few-mode fibers with space-division multiplexing. / Rademacher, Georg; Ryf, Roland; Fontaine, Nicolas K.; Chen, Haoshuo; Essiambre, René Jean; Puttnam, Benjamin J.; Luís, Ruben S.; Awaji, Yoshinari; Wada, Naoya; Gross, Simon; Riesen, Nicolas; Withford, Michael; Sun, Yi; Lingle, Robert.

In: Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 36, No. 6, 15.03.2018, p. 1382-1388.

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