[WB2] Long-Haul SDM Transmission

[WB2-2] Long-Haul Transmission over Coupled-Core Multicore Fibers

Invited

〇Roland Ryf, Nicolas K. Fontaine, René-Jean Essiambre, Haoshuo Chen (Nokia Bell Labs, USA)

Coupled-core multicore fibers provide a two-fold advantage over uncoupled multicore fibers: The cores can be placed closer and smaller cores can achieve the same equivalent nonlinear performance, resulting in a significantly higher spatial density.