5Tb/s transmission over 2.2 km of multimode OM2 fiber with direct detection thanks to wavelength and mode group multiplexing

OFC Conference (2017)

Section : Fiber networks
Publication date: 2017

Authors: Kaoutar Benyahya1, Christian Simonneau1, Amirhossein Ghazisaeidi1, Nicolas Barré2, Pu Jian2, Jean-François Morizur2, Guillaume Labroille2, Pierre Sillard3, Jérémie Renaudier1, Gabriel Charlet1

1Nokia Bell Labs Paris Saclay, Route de Villejust, 91620, Nozay, France

2CAILabs SAS, 8 rue du 7eme d’Artillerie, 35000 Rennes, France

3Prysmian Group, Parc des industries Artois Flandres, 644 boulevard Est, Billy Berclau, 69092 Haines, France

Optical Fiber Communication Conference, M2D.2 (2017)

Abstract

We demonstrate 5Tb/s bidirectional transmission (2.5Tb/s in each direction) over 2.2km of OM2 fiber using selective excitation of 4 mode groups and WDM multiplexing with DMT modulation and direct detection