We envision the application of optical Space-division Multiplexing (SDM) to the next generation fiber-wireless communications as a firm candidate to increase the end user capacity and provide adaptive radiofrequency-photonic interfaces. This approach relies on the concept of fiber-distributed signal processing, where the SDM fiber provides not only radio access distribution but also broadband microwave photonics signal processing. In particular, we present two different SDM fiber technologies: dispersion-engineered heterogeneous multicore fiber links and multicavity devices built upon the selective inscription of gratings in homogeneous multicore fibers.
@article{arxiv.1810.12157,
title = {Space-division multiplexing for fiber-wireless communications},
author = {Ivana Gasulla and Sergi Garcia and David Barrera and Javier Hervas and Salvador Sales},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1810.12157},
year = {2018}
}
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4 pages, 20th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), Girona (Spain), 2017. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1810.12139