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Transmission of Multiple Signals through an Optical Fiber Using Wavefront Shaping

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Dynamic multidimensional optical networking based on spatial and spectral processing.

Milorad Cvijetic¹, Ivan B Djordjevic, Neda Cvijetic

¹University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA. milorad@optics.arizona.edu

|April 20, 2012

Summary

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Future optical networks can leverage optical Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) and spatial Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) for enhanced elastic networking. This study introduces a dynamic hierarchy and adaptive modulation for novel spatial-spectral optical network concepts.

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Area of Science:

Optical networking
Telecommunications
Signal processing

Background:

Optical OFDM and spatial MIMO techniques significantly boost spectral efficiency and throughput in optical networks.
These spatial and spectral domains offer potential for advanced elastic optical networking.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce a novel elastic networking concept for future optical networks.
To propose the first hierarchy for dynamic multidimensional spatial and spectral optical networking.

Main Methods:

Development of a hierarchical framework for dynamic spatial and spectral resource management.
Integration of adaptive coded-modulation techniques.

Main Results:

The proposed hierarchy enables dynamic multidimensional resource allocation.
Adaptive coded-modulation complements the hierarchy for elastic networking.

Conclusions:

A novel elastic networking concept is established by combining a dynamic spatial-spectral hierarchy with adaptive coded-modulation.
This approach lays the foundation for next-generation, high-performance optical networks.