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Review of Space-Division Multiplexing Technologies in Optical Communications
2019 Volume E102.B Issue 1 Pages 1-16
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2019 Volume E102.B Issue 1 Pages 1-16
The potential transmission capacity of a standard single-mode fiber peaks at around 100Tb/s owing to fiber nonlinearity and the bandwidth limitation of amplifiers. As the last frontier of multiplexing, space-division multiplexing (SDM) has been studied intensively in recent years. Although there is still time to deploy such a novel fiber communication infrastructure; basic research on SDM has been carried out. Therefore, a comprehensive review is worthwhile at this time toward further practical investigations.
