• DocumentCode
    3701100
  • Title

    Upper limits on number of cores for multi-core SMFs over trans-oceanic distances at 100Gbps

  • Author

    Kasyapa Balemarthy;Robert Lingle

  • Author_Institution
    OFS, Hitec City, Hyderabad, India
  • fYear
    2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    Using the GN model, we show that a maximum of 5-7 cores/fiber can be accommodated with 220pm cladding diameter for <; 0.25dB Q degradation with 100Gbps PM-QPSK transmission over 6000-12000km reaches with bend radii of 50-200mm.
  • Keywords
    "Crosstalk","Multicore processing","Optical fiber amplifiers","Optical fiber polarization","Degradation","Optical fiber networks","Bit error rate"
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication (ECOC), 2015 European Conference on
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECOC.2015.7341794
  • Filename
    7341794