Nonlinear Performance of Few-Mode Fiber Links with Intermediate Coupling

Abstract

This paper reviews and extends the study of nonlinear performance of few-mode fiber links operating in all different linear coupling regimes for different mode delay maps. Nonlinear performance was estimated using the four-wave-mixing theory and the split-step Fourier method including semi-analytical solutions for linear mode coupling of arbitrary strength. The optimum link configurations minimizing the nonlinear penalty at practical levels of training sequence length are presented, including: the required coupling strength to give nonlinear distortion below that of the single-mode propagation without mode coupling, and the impact of mode delay maps. Finally, different approximate solution methods of the multimode nonlinear Schr-dinger equation are compared, highlighting the accuracy of a stochastic solution method including distributed linear mode coupling.

Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/JLT.2018.2885008
Dataset DOI: https://doi.org/10.17036/researchdata.aston.ac.uk.00000337
Divisions: College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > Aston Institute of Photonics Technology (AIPT)
College of Engineering & Physical Sciences
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Uncontrolled Keywords: Few-mode fiber,fiber nonlinearity,linear mode coupling,mode-division multiplexing,Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Publication ISSN: 0733-8724
Last Modified: 19 Feb 2024 08:18
Date Deposited: 06 Dec 2018 12:15
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PURE Output Type: Article
Published Date: 2019-02-01
Published Online Date: 2018-12-04
Accepted Date: 2018-12-01
Submitted Date: 2018-03-09
Authors: Ferreira, Filipe (ORCID Profile 0000-0002-1533-843X)
Sánchez, Christian
Sygletos, Stylianos (ORCID Profile 0000-0003-2063-8733)
Ellis, Andrew D. (ORCID Profile 0000-0002-0417-0547)

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