Title :
Spatial multiplexing for long-haul transmission
Author :
Randel, Sebastian ; Ryf, Roland ; Winzer, Peter J.
Author_Institution :
Bell Labs., Alcatel-Lucent, Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
Spatial multiplexing has the potential to overcome the capacity-bottleneck of single-fiber long-haul links. We review recent experimental progress and discuss relevant performance vs. complexity trade-offs from a systems perspective.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; optical links; space division multiplexing; capacity-bottleneck; complexity trade-offs; long-haul transmission; single-fiber long-haul links; spatial multiplexing; Complexity theory; Couplings; Laboratories; MIMO; Multiplexing; Optical polarization; Optical waveguides;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Burlingame, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0731-5
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2012.6358761
