[CTuA9D] Space Division Multiplexing

[CTuA9D-01 (Invited)] Generalized Stokes-space analysis of modal dispersion in fibers for space-division multiplexing with mode-dependent loss

*Cristian Antonelli¹, Antonio Mecozzi¹, Mark Shtaif², Nicolas Keith Fontaine³, Haoshuo Chen³, Mikael Mazur³, Roland Ryf³, (1. University of L'Aquila (Italy), 2. University of Tel Aviv (Israel), 3. Nokia Bell Labs (United States of America)))

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We present a unified model for modal dispersion and mode-dependent loss in fibers for space-division multiplexed transmission. The proposed model, based on a generalized Stokes-space representation of multi-modal fields, is validated by comparison with experimental data.