geeanlooca/sdm-propane

Simulation of linear and nonlinear (Raman, Kerr) coupling in few-mode fibers

SDM Propane

A collection of scripts to simulate the propagation of channels of a space-division multiplexing link in few-mode fibers [1], accounting for Kerr and Raman nonlinearities. Results are published in [2].

References

[1] Richardson, D., Fini, J. & Nelson, L. Space-division multiplexing in optical fibres. Nature Photon 7, 354–362 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2013.94

[2] Gianluca Marcon, Andrea Galtarossa, Luca Palmieri, and Marco Santagiustina, "Influence of birefringence- and core ellipticity-induced mode coupling on the gain statistics of forward-pumped Raman amplified few-mode fiber links," Opt. Express 30, 40101-40119 (2022). https://opg.optica.org/oe/fulltext.cfm?uri=oe-30-22-40101&id=509944