Perspectives of principal mode transmission in a multi-mode fiber
- 1 September 2010
- conference paper
- conference paper
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 36th European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communication
Abstract
The concept of mode-division-multiplexing (MDM) using principal modes as carriers is investigated. MDM transmission is studied for an exemplary MMF with three modes. A transmission rate of 3×40Gbit/s appears feasible using a 50km MMF with a bandwidth-length-product of 3 GHz·km.Keywords
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