Design of few-mode fibers with M-modes and low differential mode delay

Filipe Ferreira; Daniel Fonseca; Henrique J.A. Silva

doi:10.1109/JLT.2013.2293066

Design of few-mode fibers with M-modes and low differential mode delay

Filipe Ferreira, Daniel Fonseca, Henrique J.A. Silva

College of Engineering and Physical Sciences

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In this paper, we investigate the design of few-mode fibers (FMFs) guiding 2 to 12 linearly polarized (LP) modes with low differential mode delay (DMD) over the C-band, suitable for long-haul transmission. Two different types of refractive index profile have been considered: a graded-core with a cladding trench (GCCT) profile and a multi-step-index (MSI) profile. The profiles parameters are optimized in order to achieve: the lowest possible DMD and macro-bend losses (MBL) lower than the ITU-T standard recommendation. The optimization results show that the MSI profiles present lower DMD than the minimum achieved with a GCCT profile. Moreover, it is shown that the optimum DMD and the MBL scale with the number of modes for both profiles. The optimum DMD obtained for 12 LP modes is lower than 3 ps/km using a GCCT profile and lower than 2.5 ps/km using a MSI profile. The optimization results reveal that the most preponderant parameter of the GCCT profile is the refractive index relative difference at the core center, Δn_co. Reducing Δn _co, the DMD is reduced at the expense of increasing the MBL. Regarding the MSI profiles, it is shown that 64 steps are required to obtain a DMD improvement considering 12 LP modes. Finally, the impact of the fabrication margins on the optimum DMD is analyzed. The probability of having a manufactured FMF with 12 LP modes and DMD lower than 12 ps/km is approximately 68% using a GCCT profile and 16% using a MSI profile.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	353-360
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of Lightwave Technology
Volume	32
Issue number	3
Early online date	27 Nov 2013
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/JLT.2013.2293066
Publication status	Published - 1 Feb 2014

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differential mode delay
few-mode fibers
refractive index profile

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