Title :
Inter-modal nonlinear interactions between well separated channels in spatially-multiplexed fiber transmission
Author :
Essiambre, R.-J. ; Ryf, R. ; Mestre, M.A. ; Gnauck, A.H. ; Tkach, R.W. ; Chraplyvy, A.R. ; Randel, S. ; Sun, Yue ; Jiang, Xinyang ; Lingle, Robert
Author_Institution :
Bell Labs., Alcatel-Lucent, Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrate a new manifestation of optical Kerr effect in multimode fibers. We show that nonlinear distortions between spatial modes of multimode fibers can be larger for channels that are well separated in wavelength than for channels in close proximity.
Keywords :
nonlinear distortion; optical Kerr effect; optical fibre communication; space division multiplexing; intermodal nonlinear interaction; multimode fiber; nonlinear distortion; optical Kerr effect; spatial mode; spatially-multiplexed fiber transmission; Modulation; Nonlinear optics; Optical distortion; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optimized production technology; Probes;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications (ECOC), 2012 38th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Amsterdam
