Puttnam, B;
Luis, RS;
Rademacher, G;
Galdino, L;
Lavery, D;
Eriksson, TA;
Awaji, Y;
... Wada, N; + view all
(2020)
0.61 Pb/s S, C, and L-Band Transmission in a 125μm Diameter 4-core Fiber Using a Single Wide-band Comb Source.
Journal of Lightwave Technology
10.1109/jlt.2020.2990987.
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Abstract
We investigate high-throughput, multi-band transmission in a 4-core multi-core fiber (MCF) with the same 125 µm cladding diameter of standard single-mode fiber (SMF). A single wideband comb source is used to transmit up to 561 wavelength channels with 25 GHz spacing over a 120 nm bandwidth in S, C and L bands. We demonstrate a maximum decoded throughput of 610 Tb/s in PDM-256QAM and PDM-64QAM signals over a 54 km fiber, with a per-core average throughput exceeding wideband transmission demonstrations in single-mode fibers and highest single core throughput of 155.1 Tb/s. In addition, we use noise loading measurements to characterize the achievable signal quality across the wideband transmitter. These results show that a single comb source can enable high-spectral efficiency modulation over wide bandwidths and further that low-core count homogeneous MCFs technology can offer the same transmission performance as single-mode fibers without sacrificing mechanical reliability, and still offering the benefits of shared resources and greater efficiency that drives SDM technologies.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | 0.61 Pb/s S, C, and L-Band Transmission in a 125μm Diameter 4-core Fiber Using a Single Wide-band Comb Source |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1109/jlt.2020.2990987 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1109/jlt.2020.2990987 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Optical Fiber Communication, Multi-core fiber, Space-Division Multiplexing, Optical Comb Source |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Electronic and Electrical Eng |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10106467 |
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