32-bit/s/Hz Spectral Efficiency WDM Transmission over 177-km Few-Mode Fiber

Roland Ryf, Sebastian Randel, Nicolas K. Fontaine, M. Montoliu, E.C. Burrows, S. Corteselli, S. Chandrasekhar, A.H. Gnauck, Chongjin Xie, R Essiambre,

2013 · 80 citations · 6 references

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Abstract

We transmit 32 WDM channels over 12 spatial and polarization modes of 177 km few-mode fiber at a record spectral efficiency of 32 bit/s/Hz. The transmitted signals are strongly coupled and recovered using 12×12 multiple-input multiple-output digital signal processing.

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