Wavelength multiplexed optical system with multimode optical fibers

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An optical system comprises a multimode optical fibre (10) capable of transmitting wavelength multiplexed optical signals and a plurality of multimode modal dispersion compensation optical fibres (42). Each modal dispersion compensation fibre (42) is capable of transmitting one of the wavelengths of the multiplex and each compensation fibre (42) has an optimized index profile such that the modal dispersion for the transmitted wavelength is inversely equal to the modal dispersion induced in the transmission fibre (10) for said wavelength. The system of the invention allows an increased bitrate without reducing the bandwidth.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to the field of optical fiber transmission, and more particularly to multimode optical fibers used in short-distance optical transmission systems requiring large bandwidth. Background technique [0002] Multimode fiber is used for short distance applications and local area networks. The core of a multimode fiber typically has a diameter of about 50 μm, compared to a core diameter of about 8-9 μm for a single-mode fiber. Thus for a specific wavelength, multiple optical modes carrying the same information can propagate along the fiber simultaneously. Bandwidth is directly related to the group velocity of the optical modes propagating within the fiber's multimode core. To ensure high bandwidth, all modes need to have equal group velocities, in other words, intermodal dispersion, the difference in group velocities between lower and higher modes, should be zero, or at least minimized for certain wavelengths. Multimode fiber ...

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