Multimode Soliton Channels in Space Division Multiplexed Transmission Systems

We experimentally and numerically demonstrate the inability for picosecond telecom pulses to form a single multimode soliton in a graded-index fiber. This property is useful in space-division multiplexed systems, to transmit independent soliton channels which do not merge into a single multimode soliton.

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We have experimentally and numerically shown that picosecond telecom pulses cannot form a single multimode soliton in a graded-index fiber. This property is beneficial in space-division multiplexed systems for transmitting independent soliton channels that do not merge into a single multimode soliton.