High-capacity space-division-multiplexed DWDM transmissions using multicore fiber

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 486-492

  Zhu, Benyuan ^a   Fini, John M ^a   Yan, Man F ^a   Liu, Xiang ^b   Chandrasekhar, S ^b   Taunay, Thierry F ^a   Fishteyn, Michael ^a   Monberg, Eric ^a   Dimarcello, Frank V ^a  

^a OFS LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Coherent communications; Multicore fiber (MCF); space division multiplexing (SDM); wavelength division multiplexing (WDM)

Indexed keywords

COHERENT COMMUNICATION; DWDM TRANSMISSIONS; HEXAGONAL ARRAYS; HIGH-CAPACITY; LOW LOSS; MULTICORE FIBER; OPTICAL SIGNALS; SINGLE MODE; SPACE DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; SPECTRAL EFFICIENCIES; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; SYSTEM IMPACT; TRANSMISSION CAPACITIES; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING (WDM);

CROSSTALK; DENSE WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; PROFILOMETRY; QUADRATURE PHASE SHIFT KEYING; SPACE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS;

MULTIPLEXING;

EID: 84863045358     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2011.2173793     Document Type: Article

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