Space-division multiplexing: the next frontier in optical communication

G Li, N Bai, N Zhao, C Xia - Advances in optics and photonics, 2014 - opg.optica.org
Space-division multiplexing (SDM) uses multiplicity of space channels to increase capacity
for optical communication. It is applicable for optical communication in both free space and …

Negative curvature fibers

C Wei, R Joseph Weiblen, CR Menyuk… - Advances in Optics and …, 2017 - opg.optica.org
We describe the history, guiding mechanism, recent advances, applications, and future
prospects for hollow-core negative curvature fibers. We first review one-dimensional slab …

Loss in hollow-core optical fibers: mechanisms, scaling rules, and limits

E Numkam Fokoua, S Abokhamis Mousavi… - Advances in Optics …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Over the past few years, progress in hollow-core optical fiber technology has reduced the
attenuation of these fibers to levels comparable to those of all-solid silica-core single-mode …

Nested antiresonant nodeless hollow core fiber

F Poletti - Optics express, 2014 - opg.optica.org
We propose a novel hollow core fiber design based on nested and non-touching
antiresonant tube elements arranged around a central core. We demonstrate through …

Hollow-core photonic bandgap fibers: technology and applications

F Poletti, MN Petrovich, DJ Richardson - Nanophotonics, 2013 - degruyter.com
Since the early conceptual and practical demonstrations in the late 1990s, Hollow-Core
Photonic Band Gap Fibres (HC-PBGFs) have attracted huge interest by virtue of their …

Dense space-division multiplexed transmission systems using multi-core and multi-mode fiber

T Mizuno, H Takara, A Sano… - Journal of lightwave …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we describe recent progress in space-division multiplexed (SDM)
transmission, and our proposal and demonstration of dense space-division multiplexing …

Demonstration of amplified data transmission at 2 µm in a low-loss wide bandwidth hollow core photonic bandgap fiber

MN Petrovich, F Poletti, JP Wooler, AM Heidt… - Optics express, 2013 - opg.optica.org
The first demonstration of a hollow core photonic bandgap fiber (HC-PBGF) suitable for high-
rate data transmission in the 2 µm waveband is presented. The fiber has a record low loss …

Multi-kilometer long, longitudinally uniform hollow core photonic bandgap fibers for broadband low latency data transmission

Y Chen, Z Liu, SR Sandoghchi, GT Jasion… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2016 - opg.optica.org
The low intrinsic nonlinearity and low signal latency characteristic of Hollow Core Photonic
Bandgap Fibers (HC-PBGFs) have fueled strong interest for data transmission applications …

Loss in hollow-core fibers: mechanisms, scaling rules, and limits

E Numkam Fokoua… - Advances in Optics …, 2023 - eprints.soton.ac.uk
Over the past few years, progress in hollow-core optical fiber technology has reduced the
attenuation of these fibers to levels comparable to those of all-solid silica-core single-mode …

Selective mode excitation techniques for mode-division multiplexing: A critical review

Y Fazea, V Mezhuyev - Optical Fiber Technology, 2018 - Elsevier
Multimode Fiber (MMF) is an established choice for the high-speed backbones in Local Area
Networks (LANs). Mode Division Multiplexing (MDM) is an emerging technology utilizing …