Title :
Reduction of nonlinear impairments in coupled-core multicore optical fibers
Author :
Mumtaz, Sami ; Essiambre, René-Jean ; Agrawal, Govind P.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Opt., Univ. of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
Abstract :
We present a general model for studying the nonlinear effects in coupled-core multicore fibers. Our results show that interactions between the intramodal nonlinearities and linear coupling between core can improve system performance.
Keywords :
nonlinear optics; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre theory; coupled-core multicore optical fibers; general model; intramodal nonlinearities; linear coupling; nonlinear effects; nonlinear impairments; system performance; Bit error rate; Couplings; Equations; Mathematical model; Multicore processing; Multiplexing; Optical fibers;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series, 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1526-6
DOI :
10.1109/PHOSST.2012.6280720
