Title :
Investigating self-homodyne coherent detection in a 19-core spatial-division-multiplexed transmission link
Author :
Puttnam, B.J. ; Sakaguchi, Jun ; Klaus, Werner ; Awaji, Y. ; Delgado Mendinueta, Jose-Manuel ; Wada, N. ; Kanno, Atsushi ; Kawanishi, Tetsuyas
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Inf. & Commun. Technol., Koganei, Japan
Abstract :
We investigate the performance of self-homodyne coherent system based on 19*SDM and 16*WDM channels. We show that self-homodyne detection, with pilot-tone transmitted on 1 MCF core, is compatible with SDM transmission systems but inter-core crosstalk can limit potential advantages.
Keywords :
homodyne detection; optical crosstalk; optical fibre networks; optical links; space division multiplexing; telecommunication channels; wavelength division multiplexing; 16WDM channels; 19-core spatial-division-multiplexed transmission link; 19SDM transmission systems; MCF core; intercore crosstalk; pilot-tone transmission; self-homodyne coherent detection; Bit error rate; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical variables measurement; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications (ECOC), 2012 38th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Amsterdam
