Research on space-division multiplexing (SDM) came to prominence in early 2010 being
primarily proposed as a means of multiplying the information-carrying capacity of optical …

Multimode devices and components have attracted considerable attention in the last years,
and different research topics and themes have emerged very recently. The multimodality can …

Forthcoming capacity scaling requirements of optical networks and advances in optical fiber
communications beyond the omnipresent single-mode fiber operating over the conventional …

Submarine networks have evolved alongside terrestrial ones over the past several decades.
Although there are similarities between these two network categories (eg, the need to cover …

We describe a series of optical transmission experiments based around single-mode, multi-
core fiber (MCF) amplified with 19-core, C+ L band erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) …

We present a high spatial density space division multiplexed fiber amplifier (ie, 6-mode 7-
core multicore fiber amplifier) supporting 42 spatial channels. A high average modal gain of …

Abstract Space division multiplexing (SDM) has attracted considerable attention within the
fiber optics communication community as a very promising approach to significantly …

Mode division multiplexing (MDM) is considered to be an efficient solution to alleviate the
exponentially increasing “capacity crunch”. Here, we numerically and experimentally …

Humankind has entered a new era wherein a main characteristic is the convergence of
various technologies providing services and exerting a major impact upon all aspects of …

A randomly coupled 12-core erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) operating in the C-or L-
band is investigated. We experimentally demonstrate that both C and L-band operation can …