Space-division multiplexing for optical fiber communications

BJ Puttnam, G Rademacher, RS Luís - Optica, 2021 - opg.optica.org
Research on space-division multiplexing (SDM) came to prominence in early 2010 being
primarily proposed as a means of multiplying the information-carrying capacity of optical …

Devices and fibers for ultrawideband optical communications

J Renaudier, A Napoli, M Ionescu, C Calo… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) has historically enabled the increase in the
capacity of optical systems by progressively populating the existing optical bandwidth of …

Weakly coupled multicore fiber technology, deployment, and systems

T Matsui, PL Pondillo, K Nakajima - Proceedings of the IEEE, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Space-division multiplexing (SDM) technology is a promising candidate to achieve massive
parallelism in optical fiber cables and overcome the capacity limitation of the conventional …

High capacity transmission with few-mode fibers

G Rademacher, RS Luis, BJ Puttnam… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2019 - opg.optica.org
We experimentally investigate high-capacity few-mode fiber transmission for short and
medium-haul optical links. In separate experiments, we demonstrate C+ L band …

SDM for power-efficient undersea transmission

OV Sinkin, AV Turukhin, Y Sun, HG Batshon… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2018 - opg.optica.org
We discuss space division multiplexing as a means of increasing link capacity for power
limited transmission in undersea communication. Theoretical study of erbium-doped fiber …

Recent advances in 100+ nm ultra-wideband fiber-optic transmission systems using semiconductor optical amplifiers

J Renaudier, A Arnould, A Ghazisaeidi… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We report on the use of semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) to extend the optical
bandwidth of next generation optical systems to 100 nm and beyond. After discussing the …

Applications and Development of Multi-Core Optical Fibers

W Chen, L Yuan, B Zhang, Q Yu, Z Lian, Y Pi, C Shan… - Photonics, 2024 - mdpi.com
The rapid development of information and communication technology has driven the
demand for higher data transmission rates. Multi-core optical fiber, with its ability to transmit …

Long-haul coupled 4-core fiber transmission over 7,200 km with real-time MIMO DSP

S Beppu, M Kikuta, K Igarashi, H Mukai… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
In this work, we present an experimental demonstration of real-time transoceanic space-
division multiplexed transmission with coupled-core multicore fibers. To compensate for …

Advanced MIMO signal processing techniques enabling long-haul dense SDM transmissions

K Shibahara, T Mizuno, D Lee… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Space division multiplexing (SDM) transmission technology is the prime candidate for next
technological breakthrough in fiber-optic communication systems, as spatially structured …

High data-rate and long distance MCF transmission with 19-core C+ L band cladding-pumped EDFA

BJ Puttnam, G Rademacher, RS Luís… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2020 - opg.optica.org
We describe a series of optical transmission experiments based around single-mode, multi-
core fiber (MCF) amplified with 19-core, C+ L band erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) …