• DocumentCode
    3259553
  • Title

    Few-mode fibers for mode-division multiplexing

  • Author

    Yi Sun ; Lingle, Robert ; McCurdy, Andrea ; Peckham, Dave ; Jensen, R. ; Gruner-Nielsen, L.

  • Author_Institution
    OFS, Norcross, GA, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    8-10 July 2013
  • Firstpage
    80
  • Lastpage
    81
  • Abstract
    The design of few-mode fibers will be discussed from the point of view of key attributes and fundamental limitations. We will consider the maximum number of modes that might be supported in a practical fiber.
  • Keywords
    optical communication equipment; optical design techniques; optical fibre communication; optical fibres; space division multiplexing; differential mode attenuation; few-mode fibers; mode-division multiplexing; space-division multiplexing; Couplings; MIMO; Multiplexing; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; DGD; DMA; Differential group delay; Differential mode attenuation; FMF; Few-mode optical fiber; Mode coupling; SDM; Space-division multiplex;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series, 2013 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Waikoloa, HI
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-5059-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PHOSST.2013.6614462
  • Filename
    6614462