Recent Efforts and Progress Towards Deployment and Standardization of SDM Technology
2019
Space division multiplexing (SDM) in the form of multi-core fibers (MCF) is a potential technology for future optical transmission systems and has been subject of intensive research over the last decade. MCF has successively demonstrated transmission speeds in excess of Petabit/s, however, with regard to actual deployment, there still remain a number of unanswered questions and unsolved problems, both from a technical and commercial point of view. This workshop is an excellent opportunity for industry's experts to address these open questions, which could eventually pave the way towards standardization and commercialization of MCF-based solutions.