DocumentCode
3094585
Title
Birefringence effects in space-division multiplexed fiber transmission systems: Generalization of Manakov equation
Author
Mumtaz, Sami ; Essiambre, René-Jean ; Agrawal, Govind P.
Author_Institution
Inst. of Opt., Univ. of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
fYear
2012
fDate
9-11 July 2012
Firstpage
179
Lastpage
180
Abstract
We derive a generalized Manakov equation for multimode fiber to study the rapidly varying birefringence effects in space-division multiplexed fiber systems and show through numerical simulations that birefringence can reduce the impact of nonlinearities.
Keywords
birefringence; nonlinear optics; numerical analysis; optical fibre communication; optical fibre theory; space division multiplexing; birefringence effects; generalized Manakov equation; multimode fiber; nonlinear optics; numerical simulations; space-division multiplexed fiber transmission systems; Bit error rate; Couplings; Equations; Mathematical model; Modulation; Multiplexing; Propagation constant;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series, 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-1526-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/PHOSST.2012.6280722
Filename
6280722
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