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Title: Influence of the Width of Launch Beam Distribution on the Transmission Performance of Seven-Core Polymer-Clad Silica Fibers
Authors: Savovic, Svetislav
DJORDJEVICH, Alexandar
AIDINIS, KONSTANTINOS
Min, Rui
Issue Date: 2022
Abstract: We propose a space division multiplexing (SDM) in a newly constructed multicore polymer-clad silica fiber (PCSF) with seven cores arrayed in a hexagonal array, each carrying a centrally launched beam. This enables a higher SDM capacity at longer fiber lengths in the proposed seven-core PCSF if compared with previously proposed angular division multiplexing (ADM) in single-core (SC) PCSF. As a result, the SDM is not limited to short fiber lengths in the proposed seven-core PCSF, as it is in the case of the ADM channels due to mode coupling in the SC PCSF. In addition, the time-independent power flow equation (TI PFE) is used to analyze the effect of the width of the launch beam distribution on the equilibrium mode distribution (EMD) and steady state distribution (SSD) in each of the seven cores of the investigated PCSF. The width of the launch beam distribution has a considerable impact on the fiber length at which the EMD and SSD are attained, according to our numerical results. Thus, by decreasing the full width at half maximum (FWHM) of the launch beam distribution from 20 to 2°, the length at which EMD is established increases from Lc = 1020 to 1250 m, and the length at which SSD is attained increases from zs = 2650 to 3250 m. A narrow launch beam distribution leads to higher bandwidth at small and intermediate fiber lengths. On the other hand, at shorter fiber lengths, a wider launch beam distribution induces a bandwidth change from 1/z proportional to 1/z1/2 proportional curve, e.g., a slower bandwidth reduction. When building a multicore optical fiber transmission system for SDM, such characterization of multicore PCSFs under various launch conditions should be taken into account.
URI: https://scidar.kg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/15813
Type: article
DOI: 10.3390/photonics9090645
ISSN: -
SCOPUS: 2-s2.0-85138644348
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