Title :
Upper limits on number of cores for multi-core SMFs over trans-oceanic distances at 100Gbps
Author :
Kasyapa Balemarthy;Robert Lingle
Author_Institution :
OFS, Hitec City, Hyderabad, India
Abstract :
Using the GN model, we show that a maximum of 5-7 cores/fiber can be accommodated with 220pm cladding diameter for <; 0.25dB Q degradation with 100Gbps PM-QPSK transmission over 6000-12000km reaches with bend radii of 50-200mm.
Keywords :
"Crosstalk","Multicore processing","Optical fiber amplifiers","Optical fiber polarization","Degradation","Optical fiber networks","Bit error rate"
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2015 European Conference on
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2015.7341794
