Low-loss and Low-nonlinearity Few-mode Fibre for LP21 Mode Transmission with Low DSP Complexity

Conference: ECOC 2016 - 42nd European Conference on Optical Communication
09/18/2016 - 09/22/2016 at Düsseldorf, Deutschland

Proceedings: ECOC 2016

Pages: 3Language: englishTyp: PDF

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Authors:
Mori, Takayoshi; Sakamoto, Takahide; Wada, Masaki; Urushibara, Azusa; Yamamoto, Takashi; Nakajima, Kazuhide (NTT Access Network Service Systems Laboratories, NTT Corporation, Japan)

Abstract:
A few-mode fibre with a low-loss (0.180 dB/km) and large-Aeff (366 micrometer2) at 1550 nm in the LP21 mode is presented. We demonstrate a low-DSP-complexity transmission over 100 km few-mode fibre and reveal high nonlinear tolerance using the LP21 mode.