• DocumentCode
    670881
  • Title

    Inter-modal nonlinear interactions between well separated channels in spatially-multiplexed fiber transmission

  • Author

    Essiambre, R.-J. ; Ryf, R. ; Mestre, M.A. ; Gnauck, A.H. ; Tkach, R.W. ; Chraplyvy, A.R. ; Randel, S. ; Sun, Yue ; Jiang, Xinyang ; Lingle, Robert

  • Author_Institution
    Bell Labs., Alcatel-Lucent, Holmdel, NJ, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    16-20 Sept. 2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We experimentally demonstrate a new manifestation of optical Kerr effect in multimode fibers. We show that nonlinear distortions between spatial modes of multimode fibers can be larger for channels that are well separated in wavelength than for channels in close proximity.
  • Keywords
    nonlinear distortion; optical Kerr effect; optical fibre communication; space division multiplexing; intermodal nonlinear interaction; multimode fiber; nonlinear distortion; optical Kerr effect; spatial mode; spatially-multiplexed fiber transmission; Modulation; Nonlinear optics; Optical distortion; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optimized production technology; Probes;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communications (ECOC), 2012 38th European Conference and Exhibition on
  • Conference_Location
    Amsterdam
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6706139