172 Tb/s C+L Band Transmission over 2040 km Strongly Coupled 3-Core Fiber
Georg Rademacher, Ruben S. Lúıs, Benjamin J. Puttnam, Roland Ryf, Sjoerd van der Heide, Tobias A. Eriksson, Nicolas K. Fontaine, Haoshuo Chen, René-Jean Essiambre, Yoshinari Awaji, Hideaki Furukawa, Naoya Wada
Abstract
Coupled-core multi-core fiber transmission is demonstrated across 359 C- and L-band channels with low spatial-mode-dispersion. A net-data-rate of 172 Tb/s over 2040 km is achieved, doubling the record data-rate-distance-product for standard cladding diameter SDM fibers.
Topics & Concepts
Cladding (metalworking)Core (optical fiber)Optical fiberMaterials scienceC bandOpticsDispersion-shifted fiberTransmission (telecommunications)FiberPhysicsTelecommunicationsFiber optic sensorComputer scienceComposite materialOptical Network TechnologiesPhotonic Crystal and Fiber OpticsSemiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices