Low-latency WDM intensity-modulation and direct-detection transmission over >100km distances in a hollow core fiber
Low-latency WDM intensity-modulation and direct-detection transmission over >100km distances in a hollow core fiber
The pervasive digital economy, fueled by developments in datacenter networking and cloud/edge computing, relies ever increasingly on the implementation of short- to metro-range high-capacity, low-latency optical communication links. In this paper, it is demonstrated that the low spectrally flat chromatic dispersion and ultralow nonlinearity possible in hollow-core fibers (HCFs) compared to conventional solid-core fibers offer significant potential for the transmission of intensity-modulation and direct-detection (IM-DD) signals over 100-km-scale distances. Specifically, the longest HCF-only IM-DD wavelength-division multiplexed (WDM) C-band transmission experiments (>100km) without chromatic dispersion compensation to date are reported, achieving reach improvements of approximately 5 times and 2 times compared to using standard single-mode fiber and non-zero dispersion-shifted fiber, respectively, in the same experimental recirculating loop set-up. For >100-km transmission, a significant >150-µs latency reduction can be obtained using HCF. These results, in combination with recent progress in loss reduction in HCFs, indicate that such fibers present a promising route to the realization of simple, cost-effective, high-capacity, ultra-low-latency IM-DD WDM transmission links with the potential to revolutionize optical networks in the years to come.
hollow-core fibers, intensity-modulation and direct-detection, low-latency communication, wavelength-division multiplexed transmission
Hong, Yang
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Bottrill, Kyle
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Bradley, Thomas
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Sakr, Hesham
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Jasion, Gregory
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Harrington, Kerrianne
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Poletti, Francesco
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Petropoulos, Periklis
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Richardson, David J.
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September 2021
Hong, Yang
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Bottrill, Kyle
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Bradley, Thomas
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Sakr, Hesham
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Jasion, Gregory
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Harrington, Kerrianne
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Poletti, Francesco
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Petropoulos, Periklis
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Richardson, David J.
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Hong, Yang, Bottrill, Kyle, Bradley, Thomas, Sakr, Hesham, Jasion, Gregory, Harrington, Kerrianne, Poletti, Francesco, Petropoulos, Periklis and Richardson, David J.
(2021)
Low-latency WDM intensity-modulation and direct-detection transmission over >100km distances in a hollow core fiber.
Laser & Photonics Reviews, 15 (9), [2100102].
(doi:10.1002/lpor.202100102).
Abstract
The pervasive digital economy, fueled by developments in datacenter networking and cloud/edge computing, relies ever increasingly on the implementation of short- to metro-range high-capacity, low-latency optical communication links. In this paper, it is demonstrated that the low spectrally flat chromatic dispersion and ultralow nonlinearity possible in hollow-core fibers (HCFs) compared to conventional solid-core fibers offer significant potential for the transmission of intensity-modulation and direct-detection (IM-DD) signals over 100-km-scale distances. Specifically, the longest HCF-only IM-DD wavelength-division multiplexed (WDM) C-band transmission experiments (>100km) without chromatic dispersion compensation to date are reported, achieving reach improvements of approximately 5 times and 2 times compared to using standard single-mode fiber and non-zero dispersion-shifted fiber, respectively, in the same experimental recirculating loop set-up. For >100-km transmission, a significant >150-µs latency reduction can be obtained using HCF. These results, in combination with recent progress in loss reduction in HCFs, indicate that such fibers present a promising route to the realization of simple, cost-effective, high-capacity, ultra-low-latency IM-DD WDM transmission links with the potential to revolutionize optical networks in the years to come.
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Accepted/In Press date: 23 June 2021
Published date: September 2021
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Funding Information:
This work was supported by the UK's EPSRC under the Airguide Photonics Programme Grant (EP/P030181/1), the COALESCE project (EP/P003990/1), as well as through the ERC Lightpipe project (682724). Y.H. acknowledges S.H. Wu from University of Southampton for his help with the Table of Contents graphic.
Funding Information:
This work was supported by the UK's EPSRC under the Airguide Photonics Programme Grant (EP/P030181/1), the COALESCE project (EP/P003990/1), as well as through the ERC Lightpipe project (682724). Y.H. acknowledges S.H. Wu from University of Southampton for his help with the Table of Contents graphic.
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© 2021 The Authors. Laser & Photonics Reviews published by Wiley-VCH GmbH
Keywords:
hollow-core fibers, intensity-modulation and direct-detection, low-latency communication, wavelength-division multiplexed transmission
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/450900
ISSN: 1863-8880
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