Design and optimization of photonic devices and optical fibers for space-division multiplexing

B.M. A. Rahman; Jitendra K. Mishra; Chao Pan

doi:10.1117/12.2291522

30 January 2018 Design and optimization of photonic devices and optical fibers for space-division multiplexing

B.M. A. Rahman, Jitendra K. Mishra, Chao Pan

Proceedings Volume 10560, Metro and Data Center Optical Networks and Short-Reach Links; 1056007 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2291522
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2018, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Although, the technological breakthroughs such as WDM had allowed the capacity per fiber to be increased around tenfold every four years in the past decade, however, the capacity of the optical communication systems based on these transmission technologies is slowly becoming saturated. To satisfy the exponential growth of the Internet traffic, for the next generation short reach systems, including data center transmission and optical interconnect (OI) applications, the space-division multiplexing (SDM) can be a way forward. The SDM technology based on the multicore fiber (MCF) has recently attracted much attention as a potential approach. In this paper, design strategy of computer-compatible 8-core trench-assisted MCF (TA-MCF) is presented to reduce the intercore crosstalk. Moreover, the influence of butt-coupled TA-MCF OI on coupling loss is also discussed. On the other hand, another alternative approach, the mode division multiplexing (MDM) is also showing promise and mode (de)multiplexer is one of the key devices in such a MDM system. Designs of mode splitters using asymmetric directional couplers for the fundamental quasi-TE (TM) mode with the higher order quasi-TE (TM) modes (de)multiplexer including the H_y²¹ (H_x²¹), H_y³¹(H_x³¹, H_y⁴¹(H_x⁴¹, and H_y⁵¹(H_x⁵¹) modes are optimized by using a full-vectorial H-field finite element method.

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B.M. A. Rahman, Jitendra K. Mishra, and Chao Pan "Design and optimization of photonic devices and optical fibers for space-division multiplexing", Proc. SPIE 10560, Metro and Data Center Optical Networks and Short-Reach Links, 1056007 (30 January 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2291522

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