Design of few-mode fibers with up to 12 modes and low differential mode delay

Filipe Ferreira; Daniel Fonseca; Henrique Silva

doi:10.1109/ICTON.2014.6876696

Design of few-mode fibers with up to 12 modes and low differential mode delay

Filipe Ferreira, Daniel Fonseca, Henrique Silva

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In this paper, we investigate the design of few-mode fibers (FMFs) guiding 4 to 12 non-degenerate linearly polarized (LP) modes with low differential mode delay (DMD) over the C-band, suitable for long-haul transmission. The refractive index profile considered is composed by a graded-core with a cladding trench (GCCT). The optimization of the profile parameters aims the lowest possible DMD and macro-bend losses (MBL) lower than the ITU-T standard recommendation. The optimization results show that the optimum DMD and the MBL scale with the number of modes. Additionally, it is shown that the refractive-index relative difference at the core center is one of the most preponderant parameters, allowing to reduce the DMD at the expense of increasing MBL. Finally, the optimum DMD obtained for 12 LP modes is lower than 3 ps/km.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ICTON 2014 : 16th international conference on transparent optical networks
Editors	Marek Jaworski, Marian Marciniak
Place of Publication	Warsaw (PL)
Publisher	National Institute of Telecommunications
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-4799-5601-2
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4799-5600-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTON.2014.6876696
Publication status	Published - 2014
Event	16th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks - Graz, Austria Duration: 6 Jul 2014 → 10 Jul 2014

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Conference	16th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks
Abbreviated title	ICTON 2014
Country/Territory	Austria
City	Graz
Period	6/07/14 → 10/07/14

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differential mode delay
few-mode fibers
refractive-index profile

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Ferreira, F, Fonseca, D & Silva, H 2014, Design of few-mode fibers with up to 12 modes and low differential mode delay. in M Jaworski & M Marciniak (eds), ICTON 2014 : 16th international conference on transparent optical networks., Th.B1.2, National Institute of Telecommunications, Warsaw (PL), 16th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, Graz, Austria, 6/07/14. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTON.2014.6876696

Design of few-mode fibers with up to 12 modes and low differential mode delay. / Ferreira, Filipe; Fonseca, Daniel; Silva, Henrique.
ICTON 2014 : 16th international conference on transparent optical networks. ed. / Marek Jaworski; Marian Marciniak. Warsaw (PL): National Institute of Telecommunications, 2014. Th.B1.2.

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