Title : 
41.6 Tb/s C-band SDM OFDM transmission through 12 spatial and polarization modes over 74.17 km few mode fiber
         
        
            Author : 
Chen, Yuanfeng ; Lobato, Adriana ; Jung, Yongmin ; Chen, Huanting ; Jensen, Rasmus V. ; Sun, Yue ; Gruner-Nielsen, L. ; Richardson, D.J. ; Sleiffer, V.A.J.M. ; Kuschnerov, M. ; Fontaine, Nicolas K. ; Ryf, R. ; Giles, Ian P. ; Chen, Ru Shan ; Carcia-Munoz,
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Lehrstuhl fur Nachrichtentechnik, Tech. Univ. Munchen, Munich, Germany
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
We demonstrate the transmission of 12 spatial and polarization modes multiplexed on 255 optical channels in ultra-dense WDM using OFDM across the full C-band over 74.17 km 6-mode fiber. An aggregate bit rate of 41.6 Tbit/s is achieved.
         
        
            Keywords : 
OFDM modulation; light polarisation; optical modulation; space division multiplexing; wavelength division multiplexing; 6-mode fiber; C-band SDM OFDM transmission; bit rate 41.6 Tbit/s; optical channels; polarization modes; spatial division multiplexing technique; spatial modes; ultra-dense WDM; Frequency division multiplexing; OFDM; Optical fiber filters; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber polarization; Wavelength division multiplexing;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2014 European Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Cannes
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/ECOC.2014.6964084