32-bit/s/Hz spectral efficiency WDM transmission over 177-km few-mode fiber

Author

Ryf, R. ; Randel, S. ; Fontaine, Nicolas K. ; Montoliu, M. ; Burrows, E. ; Corteselli, S. ; Chandrasekhar, S. ; Gnauck, A.H. ; Xie, Chao ; Essiambre, R.-J. ; Winzer, P.J. ; Delbue, R. ; Pupalaikis, P. ; Sureka, A. ; Sun, Yue ; Gruner-Nielsen, L. ; Jensen,

Author_Institution

Bell Labs., Alcatel-Lucent, Holmdel, NJ, USA

fYear

2013

fDate

17-21 March 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

We transmit 32 WDM channels over 12 spatial and polarization modes of 177 km few-mode fiber at a record spectral efficiency of 32 bit/s/Hz. The transmitted signals are strongly coupled and recovered using 12×12 multiple-input multiple-output digital signal processing.

Keywords

MIMO communication; digital signal processing chips; optical fibre communication; optical fibre polarisation; telecommunication channels; wavelength division multiplexing; DSP; MIMO; WDM transmission; bit rate 32 bit/s; distance 177 km; few-mode fiber; multiple-input multiple-output digital signal processing; polarization modes; spatial modes; spectral efficiency; wavelength division multiplexing; Couplers; Delays; Digital signal processing; Equalizers; MIMO; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

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

Type

conf

Filename

6533221