70-Gb/s Multicore Multimode Fiber Transmissions for Optical Data Links

Author

Zhu, Benyuan ; Taunay, Thierry F. ; Yan, Man F. ; Fishteyn, Michael ; Oulundsen, George ; Vaidya, Durgesh

Author_Institution

OFS Labs., Somerset, NJ, USA

Volume

22

Issue

22

fYear

2010

Firstpage

1647

Lastpage

1649

Abstract

This letter describes a novel structure and crosstalk characteristics of a graded-index multicore fiber with seven cores arranged in a hexagonal array. A total of 70 Gb/s (7 × 10 Gb/s) is transmitted over a single 100-m seven-core multimode fiber (MMF) using tapered multicore fiber connectors and 850-nm vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers, demonstrating high-speed multicore MMF transmissions for parallel optical data links.

Keywords

gradient index optics; laser cavity resonators; optical arrays; optical communication equipment; optical crosstalk; optical fibre communication; optical fibre couplers; optical links; surface emitting lasers; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; bit rate 70 Gbit/s; crosstalk characteristics; graded-index multicore fiber; hexagonal array; high-speed multicore MMF transmissions; multicore multimode fiber transmissions; parallel optical data links; size 100 m; tapered multicore fiber connectors; vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers; wavelength 850 nm; High speed optical techniques; Multicore processing; Optical crosstalk; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Fiber-optics communications; multicore fiber; multimode fiber (MMF); parallel optical data link;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2010.2070490

Filename

5557757