Title :
Capacity upgrade of legacy fiber plant using space division multiplexing and multimode/multicore EDFAs
Author :
Louchet, Hadrien ; Juarez, Adrian A. ; Bunge, Christian-A ; Krummrich, Peter M. ; Richter, Andre ; Petermann, Klaus
Author_Institution :
VPIsystems, Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
We present a novel concept for space-division multiplex with parallel transmission over legacy single-mode fibres with joint optical multi-channel amplifiers that are used by all fibres in common.
Keywords :
optical fibre amplifiers; space division multiplexing; SDM; joint optical multichannel amplifiers; legacy fiber plant; legacy single-mode fibres; multimode-multicore EDFA; parallel transmission; space division multiplexing; Couplings; MIMO; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber dispersion; Receivers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2011 37th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Geneva
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1918-9
