Capacity Limits in Single-Mode Fiber and Scaling for Spatial Multiplexing

We present nonlinear fiber capacity estimate calculations for various types of single-mode fibers and introduce an analytic formula that closely matches simulations. We Capacity Limits in spatial multiplexing in Fiber and Scaling discuss capacity scaling from Single-Mode multicore and multimode fibers. © 2011 Optical Society of America OCIS codes: 060.0060, 060.2280, 060.4510, 190.4370, 190.3270.