Coupled-Core Multi-Core Fibers for Spatial Multiplexing

Author

Arik, Sercan O. ; Kahn, Joseph M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA, USA

Volume

25

Issue

21

fYear

2013

fDate

Nov.1, 2013

Firstpage

2054

Lastpage

2057

Abstract

Coupled-core multi-core fibers (MCFs) offer characteristics that are beneficial for long-haul spatially multiplexed transmission. Using full-vector solution of the wave equation, we study the number of propagating modes and several modal characteristics, including intermodal beat lengths, group delay spread, mode-dependent chromatic dispersion, and intramodal and intermodal effective areas. We identify a range of design parameters that simultaneously optimizes these characteristics. Our results demonstrate the limited accuracy of perturbation-based analyses in characterizing MCFs with closely spaced cores.

Keywords

multiplexing; optical fibre dispersion; wave equations; coupled-core multicore fibers; full-vector solution; group delay spread; intermodal beat lengths; intermodal effective areas; intramodal effective areas; modal characteristics; mode-dependent chromatic dispersion; perturbation-based analyses; propagating modes; spatial multiplexing; wave equation; Couplings; Indexes; Multiplexing; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Multi-core fibers; equalization; modal dispersion; mode coupling; mode-division multiplexing; multi-input multi-output; multi-mode fibers; spatial multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2013.2280897

Filename

6589115