Analysis on the research progress of space division multiplexing in optical fiber communication

Abstract

The evolution of optical fiber communication technology is driven by the ceaseless growth of capacity demand of Internet.Space division multiplexing (SDM) based on multi-core fiber,few-mode fiber,few-mode multi-core fibers and orbital angular momentum has become the focus of academy and industry.Key technologies and latest research progress were reviewed,including novel fiber design,spatial mode conversion,spatial channel de/multiplexing and optical amplification.Based on the comparison and analysis of four kinds of SDM technologies,their bottlenecks and potential future application were also discussed.

Keywords

• optical fiber communication;space division multiplexing;multi-core fiber;few-mode fiber