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 …

Spatial channel network (SCN): opportunities and challenges of introducing spatial bypass toward the massive SDM era

M **no - Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, 2019 - opg.optica.org
Considering middle-term predictions of the need for commercial 10-Tb/s optical interfaces
working in 1-P b/s optical transport systems by 2024 and recalling the introduction of the …

Resource allocation for space-division multiplexing: Optical white box versus optical black box networking

A Muhammad, G Zervas… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2015 - opg.optica.org
Elastic optical networking (EON) with space-division multiplexing (SDM) is the only evident
long-term solution to the capacity needs of the future networks. The introduction of space via …

Spatial superchannel routing in a two-span ROADM system for space division multiplexing

LE Nelson, MD Feuer, K Abedin, X Zhou… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2014 - opg.optica.org
We report a two-span, 67-km space-division-multiplexed (SDM) wavelength-division-
multiplexed (WDM) system incorporating the first reconfigurable optical add–drop …

[PDF][PDF] Spatial multiplexing: The next frontier in network capacity scaling

PJ Winzer - IET Conference Proceedings, 2013 - researchgate.net
Template for Papers ECOC 2010 Page 1 Spatial Multiplexing: The Next Frontier in Network
Capacity Scaling Peter J. Winzer Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent, 791 Holmdel-Keyport Rd., Holmdel …

High capacity transmission systems using homogeneous multi-core fibers

BJ Puttnam, RS Luís, E Agrell… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2017 - opg.optica.org
We discuss optical transmission using homogeneous, single-mode, multicore fibers. We first
describe the key fiber properties that can affect transmission, such as intercore crosstalk and …

Spatial channel cross-connect architectures for spatial channel networks

M **no - IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A spatial channel network (SCN) is a novel optical network architecture targeting the space
division multiplexing (SDM) era where the optical layer is explicitly evolved into the …

Core selective switch with low insertion loss over ultra-wide wavelength range for spatial channel networks

M **no, I Urashima, T Ishikawa, T Kodama… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
The core selective switch (CSS) is an optical spatial switch that has been recently proposed
as a key building block to achieve a scalable and low-insertion-loss spatial cross-connects …

Principle, design, and prototy** of core selective switch using free-space optics for spatial channel network

M **no, T Kodama, T Ishikawa - Journal of Lightwave …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We describe the principle, design, and prototy** of a free-space-optics-based core
selective switch (CSS) for spatial channel (SCh) networks (SCNs) in the age of space …

Feasibility demonstration of spatial channel networking using SDM/WDM hierarchical approach for peta-b/s optical transport

M **no, T Kodama, T Ishikawa - Journal of Lightwave technology, 2020 - opg.optica.org
This article reports on a proof of concept demonstration of a recently proposed spatial
channel network (SCN) that was conducted over an SCN testbed that comprises low-loss …