Title :
Design of Few-Mode Fibers for Mode-Division Multiplexing Transmission
Author :
Kasahara, Masao ; Saitoh, Kunimasa ; Sakamoto, Takanori ; Hanzawa, Nobutomo ; Matsui, Takashi ; Tsujikawa, Kyozo ; Yamamoto, Fumihiko ; Koshiba, Masanori
Author_Institution :
Grad. Sch. of Inf. Sci. & Technol., Hokkaido Univ., Sapporo, Japan
Abstract :
We investigate the fiber parameters that meet the design conditions for low bending loss and an effectively few-mode operation on few-mode fibers with a step-index profile and a W-shaped refractive index profile for mode-division multiplexing transmission. We also clarify the limits of effective area enlargement and the difference of the effective index while satisfying the design conditions.
Keywords :
multiplexing; optical fibre communication; refractive index; W-shaped refractive index profile; bending loss; effective area enlargement; effective index; few-mode fibers; few-mode operation; fiber parameters; mode-division multiplexing transmission; step-index profile; Mode-division multiplexing; difference of the effective index; effective area; few-mode fiber;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Journal, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/JPHOT.2013.2292365
