Space-division multiplexing in optical fibres

Nature Photonics

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 354-362

  Richardson, D J ^a   Fini, J M ^b   Nelson, L E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b OFS LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c AT AND T LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL SYSTEMS; DATA-CARRYING CAPACITY; FOUR DIMENSIONS; INDEPENDENT SIGNALS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; PARALLEL CHANNEL; SPACE-DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; SPATIAL DIMENSION;

DIGITAL STORAGE; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 84877289440     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2013.94     Document Type: Review

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