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 …

In order to overcome the capacity limitations of current lightwave systems based on the
single-mode optical fiber, massively parallel transmission in the spatial domain [space …

Abstract Space-division multiplexing (SDM), as a main candidate for future ultra-high
capacity fibre-optic communications, needs to address limitations to its scalability imposed …

Data rates in optical fiber networks have increased exponentially over the past decades and
core-networks are expected to operate in the peta-bit-per-second regime by 2030. As …

Fiber-optic multi-band transmission (MBT) aims at exploiting the low-loss spectral windows
of single-mode fibers (SMFs) for data transport, expanding by the available bandwidth of C …

The design of application-specific integrated circuits (ASIC) is at the core of modern ultra-
high-speed transponders employing advanced digital signal processing (DSP) algorithms …

Space-division multiplexing (SDM) is an attractive technique for dramatically enhancing the
transmission capacity in a single optical fiber. Recently, ultradense SDM transmission …

The Internet today transmits hundreds of terabits per second, consumes 9% of all electricity
worldwide and grows by 20–30% per year,. To support capacity demand, massively parallel …

The tremendous growth of data traffic has spurred a rapid evolution of optical
communications for a higher data transmission capacity. Next-generation fiber-optic …

Current fibre optic communication systems owe their high-capacity abilities to the
wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) technique, which combines data channels running …