Mode coupling dynamics and communication strategies for multi-core fiber systems

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 4548-4563

  Chan, Florence Y M ^a   Lau, Alan Pak Tao ^a   Tam, Hwa Yaw ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS;

COMMUNICATION STRATEGY; COUPLED-MODE THEORY; FIBER SYSTEMS; HETEROGENEOUS CORES; HIGH CAPACITY; LEAST MEAN SQUARE ALGORITHMS; MAXIMUM-LIKELIHOOD DETECTION; MODE COUPLING; MODULATED SYSTEMS; MULTI CORE; PROPAGATION DYNAMICS; SIGNAL PROCESSING TECHNIQUE; TRANSMISSION DISTANCES; TRANSMISSION PERFORMANCE; TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS;

SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 84857251343     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.004548     Document Type: Article

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