New optical fibres for high-capacity optical communications
New optical fibres for high-capacity optical communications
Researchers are within a factor of 2 or so from realizing the maximum practical transmission capacity of conventional single-mode fibre transmission technology. It is therefore timely to consider new technological approaches offering the potential for more cost-effective scaling of network capacity than simply installing more and more conventional single-mode systems in parallel. In this paper, I review physical layer options that can be considered to address this requirement including the potential for reduction in both fibre loss and nonlinearity for single-mode fibres, the development of ultra-broadband fibre amplifiers and finally the use of space division multiplexing.
optical communications, optical fibres, optical amplifiers
Richardson, D.J.
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March 2016
Richardson, D.J.
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Richardson, D.J.
(2016)
New optical fibres for high-capacity optical communications.
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 374 (2062), [20140441].
(doi:10.1098/rsta.2014.0441).
(PMID:26809569)
Abstract
Researchers are within a factor of 2 or so from realizing the maximum practical transmission capacity of conventional single-mode fibre transmission technology. It is therefore timely to consider new technological approaches offering the potential for more cost-effective scaling of network capacity than simply installing more and more conventional single-mode systems in parallel. In this paper, I review physical layer options that can be considered to address this requirement including the potential for reduction in both fibre loss and nonlinearity for single-mode fibres, the development of ultra-broadband fibre amplifiers and finally the use of space division multiplexing.
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Accepted/In Press date: 7 November 2015
e-pub ahead of print date: 25 January 2016
Published date: March 2016
Keywords:
optical communications, optical fibres, optical amplifiers
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/386944
ISSN: 1364-503X
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