Title :
Space-division multiplexing: What´s it worth to you?
Author :
Korotky, Steven K.
Author_Institution :
Bell Labs., Alcatel-Lucent, Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We review estimates of price-points formulated for the critical enabling components of potential ultra-high-capacity optical fiber transmission systems based on multi-core fibers for several deployment scenarios in terrestrial backbone networks.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; space division multiplexing; multicore fibers; space-division multiplexing; terrestrial backbone networks; ultra-highcapacity optical fiber transmission systems; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber networks;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fibre Technology, 2014 OptoElectronics and Communication Conference and Australian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, VIC
