Title :
146λ×6×19-Gbaud wavelength- and mode-division multiplexed transmission over 10×50-km spans of few-mode fiber with a gain-equalized few-mode EDFA
Author :
Ip, Ezra ; Ming-Jun Li ; Bennett, K. ; Yue-Kai Huang ; Tanaka, A. ; Korolev, Albert ; Koreshkov, K. ; Wood, W. ; Mateo, Eduardo ; Junqiang Hu ; Yano, Yuichiro
Author_Institution :
NEC Labs. America, Princeton, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate wavelength- and mode-division multiplexed transmission over a fiber re-circulating loop comprising 50-km of low-DMGD few-mode fiber, and an optimized few-mode EDFA with a flat gain spectrum and low mode-dependent gain.
Keywords :
erbium; optical fibre amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; distance 500 km; erbium-doped fiber amplifiers; fiber re-circulating loop; flat gain spectrum; gain-equalized few-mode EDFA; low-DMGD few-mode fiber; mode-division multiplexed transmission; optimized few-mode EDFA; wavelength-division multiplexed transmission; Bit error rate; Gain; Multiplexing; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Optical switches; Receivers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC), 2013
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0457-0