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Space-Division Multiplexing in Optical Communication Systems

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This chapter describes the design, the transmission characteristics, and the measurements technology of multi-core fibers (MCFs), few-mode fibers (FMFs), and few-mode multi-core fibers (FM-MCFs). Moreover, the cabling technology and future perspectives of innovative optical fiber cable technologies are presented.

Masaharu Ohashi and Shoichiro Matsuo are chapter editors.

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    Shoichiro Matsuo

  3. Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

    Tetsuya Hayashi

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    Katsunori Imamura

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Ohashi, M. et al. (2022). Optical Fibers for Space-Division Multiplexing. In: Nakazawa, M., Suzuki, M., Awaji, Y., Morioka, T. (eds) Space-Division Multiplexing in Optical Communication Systems. Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol 236. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87619-7_2

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