10.16-Peta-B/s Dense SDM/WDM Transmission over 6-Mode 19-Core Fiber Across the C+L Band

Daiki Soma, Yuta Wakayama, Shohei Beppu, Seiya Sumita, Takehiro Tsuritani, Tetsuya Hayashi, Takuji Nagashima, Masato Suzuki, Masato Yoshida, Keisuke Kasai, Masataka Nakazawa, Hidenori Takahashi, Koji Igarashi, Itsuro Morita, Masatoshi Suzuki

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Abstract

Space-division multiplexing (SDM) is an attractive technique for dramatically enhancing the transmission capacity in a single optical fiber. Recently, ultradense SDM transmission experiments with a spatial multiplicity of over 100 have been reported by using few mode multicore fibers (FM-MCFs). Considering the maximum capacity of around 100 Tb/s reported in single-mode single-core fiber transmission experiments, the capacity in FM-MCF transmission with more than 100 spatial channels is expected to reach 10 peta-b/s; however, the maximum capacity has been limited to 2 peta-b/s. In this paper, we demonstrate ultradense SDM transmission of 739 WDM 12-Gbd dual polarization-64-quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM)/16-QAM signals over 11.3-km 6-mode 19-core fiber using the C+L band, achieving a record fiber capacity of 10.16 peta-b/s with an aggregate spectral efficiency of 1099.9 b/s/Hz.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1362-1368
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Lightwave Technology
Volume36
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018 Mar 15

Keywords

  • Few-mode fiber (FMF)
  • high-capacity transmission
  • mode-division multiplexing (MDM)
  • multi-core fiber (MCF)
  • space-division multiplexing (SDM)

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