Optics Express · 2013 · 101 citations · 11 references
We demonstrate bidirectional transmission over 450 km of newly-developed dual-ring structured 12-core fiber with large effective area and low crosstalk. Inter-core crosstalk is suppressed by employing propagation-direction interleaving, and 409-Tb/s capacities are achieved for both directions.
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Enhancing optical communications with brand new fibers
Toshio Morioka, Yoshinari Awaji, Roland Ryf et al. · IEEE Communications Magazine · 2012 · 237 citations
S. Chandrasekhar, A.H. Gnauck, Xiang Liu et al. · Optics Express · 2012 · 82 citations · Full text
Photonics, Wavelength-division Multiplexing, Engineering +15