Title :
16QAM SDM-WDM Transmission over a Novel Hole-Assisted Few-Mode Multi-Core Fiber
Author :
van Uden, R.G.H. ; Correa, R. Amezcua ; Antonio-Lopez, Enrique ; Huijskens, F.M. ; Li, Guolin ; Schulzgen, Axel ; de Waardt, H. ; Koonen, A.M.J. ; Okonkwo, C.M.
Author_Institution :
COBRA Res. Inst., Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Eindhoven, Netherlands
Abstract :
A gross transmission rate of 204 Tbit/s is demonstrated over a novel 1 km hole-assisted step-index few-mode multi-core fiber with 7 cores, where each core allows the co-propagation of 3 spatial modes.
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; optical modulation; quadrature amplitude modulation; wavelength division multiplexing; 16QAM SDM-WDM transmission; bit rate 204 Tbit/s; gross transmission rate; hole-assisted few-mode multicore fiber; quadrature amplitude modulation; size 1 km; spatial division multiplexing; spatial mode copropagation; wavelength division multiplexing; Bit error rate; Laser modes; Loading; Multicore processing; Multiplexing; Optical fiber communication; Receivers;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series, 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Montreal, QC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-2766-1
DOI :
10.1109/SUM.2014.87
