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 …

Elastic optical networks (EONs) are considered to be one of the promising future networks
for spectrum flexibility. In conventional wavelength-division multiplexing networks, routing …

In the past few years, many researchers have studied elastic optical networks, which exhibit
a dramatically improved transmission capacity compared with conventional optical networks …

Template for Papers ECOC 2010 Page 1 1.03-Exabit/s∙km Super-Nyquist-WDM Transmission
over 7,326-km Seven-Core Fiber K. Igarashi(1), T. Tsuritani(1), I. Morita(1), Y. Tsuchida(2), K …

In the past decade, China has made great investments in studying photonics and
photocommunication with larger communication capacity, better performance, and lower …

This paper describes ultra-high capacity long haul optical transmission technologies based
on multicore fibers (MCFs) with space-division multiplexing. First, we discuss the factors …

Abstract Space-division multiplexing (SDM), whereby multiple spatial channels in multimode
and multicore optical fibres are used to increase the total transmission capacity per fibre, is …

We demonstrate 12-core fiber bidirectional long-haul transmission with sub-petabit-class
capacity (2× 344 Tb/s). Inter-core crosstalk management and multicarrier nonlinear …

In elastic optical networks (EONs) employing weakly coupled single-mode multi-core fibers
(MCFs), inter-core crosstalk (XT) can affect significantly the network performance …

Towards the next generation optical access network supporting large capacity data
transmission to enormous number of users covering a wider area, we proposed a hybrid …