• DocumentCode
    3096608
  • 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
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    23-27 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2013 15th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Cartagena
  • ISSN
    2161-2056
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICTON.2013.6602818
  • Filename
    6602818