Title :
Impact of modal crosstalk and multi-path interference on few-mode fiber transmission
Author :
Yaman, Fatih ; Mateo, Eduardo ; Wang, Ting
Author_Institution :
NEC Labs. America, Inc., Princeton, NJ, USA
Abstract :
Crosstalk caused by random mode coupling can make mode-multiplexing infeasible. However, transmission of single mode over few-mode fibers is relatively insensitive to mode mixing and therefore they can be used as large-effective area fibers.
Keywords :
light interference; optical crosstalk; optical fibre communication; few-mode fiber transmission; large-effective area fibers; modal crosstalk; mode mixing; multipath interference; random mode coupling; Couplings; Multiplexing; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0262-3