TY - JOUR
T1 - Investigating self-homodyne coherent detection in a 19 channel space-division-multiplexed transmission link
AU - Puttnam, Benjamin J.
AU - Sakaguchi, Jun
AU - Mendinueta, José Manuel Delgado
AU - Klaus, Werner
AU - Awaji, Yoshinari
AU - Wada, Naoya
AU - Kanno, Atsushi
AU - Kawanishi, Tetsuya
PY - 2013/1/28
Y1 - 2013/1/28
N2 - We investigate the performance of a self-homodyne coherent detection (SHCD) system using a 19 core multi-core fiber (MCF) and 16 wavelength-division- multiplexed channels. We show that SHCD, with the pilot-tone transmitted on a single MCF core and information carrying signals on the remaining cores, is compatible with space-divisionmultiplexed transmission, potentially relaxing laser linewidth and digital signal processing requirements due to phase noise cancellation. However, inter-core crosstalk can have an impact on performance and core selection.
AB - We investigate the performance of a self-homodyne coherent detection (SHCD) system using a 19 core multi-core fiber (MCF) and 16 wavelength-division- multiplexed channels. We show that SHCD, with the pilot-tone transmitted on a single MCF core and information carrying signals on the remaining cores, is compatible with space-divisionmultiplexed transmission, potentially relaxing laser linewidth and digital signal processing requirements due to phase noise cancellation. However, inter-core crosstalk can have an impact on performance and core selection.
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U2 - 10.1364/OE.21.001561
DO - 10.1364/OE.21.001561
M3 - Article
C2 - 23389139
AN - SCOPUS:84874044332
SN - 1094-4087
VL - 21
SP - 1561
EP - 1566
JO - Optics Express
JF - Optics Express
IS - 2
ER -