DocumentCode
1254739
Title
Reduction of Nonlinear Penalties Due to Linear Coupling in Multicore Optical Fibers
Author
Mumtaz, Sami ; Essiambre, René-Jean ; Agrawal, Govind P.
Author_Institution
Inst. of Opt., Univ. of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
Volume
24
Issue
18
fYear
2012
Firstpage
1574
Lastpage
1576
Abstract
We present a general model for studying nonlinear effects in multicore fibers. Our results show that a strong linear coupling among fiber cores can reduce nonlinear impairments and improve system performance when digital signal processing is used to compensate for all linear degradations.
Keywords
nonlinear optics; optical fibre couplers; digital signal processing; linear coupling; linear degradations; multicore optical fibers; nonlinear effects; nonlinear penalties; nonlinear propagation; system performance; Bit error rate; Couplings; Fiber nonlinear optics; Multicore processing; Multiplexing; Optical fibers; Receivers; Multicore fibers; multimode fibers;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1041-1135
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/LPT.2012.2207713
Filename
6253229
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