Title :
Long-haul transmission using multicore fibers
Author :
Takahashi, Hiroki ; Igarashi, Koji ; Tsuritani, Takehiro
Author_Institution :
KDDI R&D Labs. Inc., Kamifukuoka, Japan
Abstract :
We review recent progress of long-haul transmission over 6,000 km using multicore fiber (MCF) repeatered with multicore (MC)-EDFA. The capacity-distance product has been increased from 177 Pbit/s·km to 1.03 Ebit/s·km.
Keywords :
erbium; light transmission; optical fibre amplifiers; MC-EDFA; capacity-distance product; long-haul transmission; multicore fiber; Multicore processing; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber networks; Q-factor; Signal to noise ratio;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2014
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-5575-2994-7
DOI :
10.1364/OFC.2014.Tu2J.1
