409-Tb/s + 409-Tb/s crosstalk suppressed bidirectional MCF transmission over 450 km using propagation-direction interleaving

Akihide Sano, H. Takara, Takayuki Kobayashi, Hiroto Kawakami, Hiroki Kishikawa, Tadao Nakagawa, Yutaka Miyamoto, Yoshiteru Abe, Hirotaka Ono, Kota Shikama,

Optics Express · 2013 · 101 citations · 11 references

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Abstract

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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