A Preliminary Investigation of Modal Dispersion Characterization of SDM Fibers Based on Reflective Measurements

Conference: ECOC 2024 - 50th European Conference on Optical Communication
09/22/2024 - 09/26/2024 at Frankfurt, Germany

Proceedings: ITG-Fb. 317: ECOC 2024

Pages: 4Language: englishTyp: PDF

Authors:
Cappelletti, Martina; Kalla, Besma; van den Hout, Menno; Rommel, Simon; Schenato, Luca; Santagiustina, Marco; Galtarossa, Andrea; Okonkwo, Chigo; Palmieri, Luca

Abstract:
We report theoretical and experimental results about the characterization of modal dispersion properties of SDM fibers based on single-ended reflective measurements. The study provides preliminary indications toward a quasi-distributed characterization of modal dispersion in SDM links.