Title :
Are few-mode fibres a practical solution to the capacity crunch?
Author :
Ellis, Abraham ; Doran, N.
Author_Institution :
Aston Inst. of Photonic Technol., Aston Univ., Birmingham, UK
Abstract :
In this paper, we compare the nonlinear Shannon capacity of few-mode fibre systems operating with spatial-temporal digital signal processing to the nonlinear Shannon capacity of single-mode fibre systems operating with spectral-temporal digital signal processing. Combining these results with estimates of digital signal processing complexity for each option offers valuable insights to system designers.
Keywords :
information theory; optical fibre communication; signal processing; capacity crunch; few-mode fibre systems; nonlinear Shannon capacity; single-mode fibre systems; spatial-temporal digital signal processing; spectral-temporal digital signal processing; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical fibers; Optical signal processing; Repeaters; few-mode fibre; nonlinear Shannon capacity; spatial multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2013 15th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cartagena
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2013.6602818
