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Multiplexing techniques for future fiber optic communications with spatial multiplexing

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Multiplexing techniques will be employed based on duration, polarization, and frequency to achieve the expanding demand for broadcast bandwidth. Adding time as an additional aspect to transmission networks has been put out as a flexible way to handle potential bandwidth problems. For interaction programs such as space imaging, optical fiber setup, submerged portable visual hyperlinks, onboard interconnects, information centers indoor relations, radio signals, and auditory interactions, we examine the possibilities of utilizing time as a further level of independence. Beginning in 2010, space-divisional multiplexer (SDM) studies gained popularity, partly because they had been suggested to increase the data-carrying ability of fiber optics while also boosting effectiveness through collaboration on assets. The proposed SDM transfer technologies spectrum includes identical single-mode fibers using shared amplifiers pumping laser light and the complete spatial arrangement of transceiver equipment, signal analysis, and amplifiers near a fiber with more than 100 geographical networks composed of several threads, all executing various forms. In this study, we discuss SDM study’s advancements. The major categories and characteristics of innovative SDM fibers, like multiple-core fibers (MCFs), multiple-mode fibers, fewer-mode MCFs, and coupled-core MCFs, are initially described. While examining present tendencies and speculating on potential advances and uses outside optical data transfer, we provide analyses between various fiber kinds.

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  1. School of Information Engineering, Qujing Normal University, Yunnan, China

    Muhammad Shafiq, Fan Quanrun & Changqing Du

  2. College of Information Science and Technology, Hainan Normal University, Haikou, Hainan, China

    Anas Bilal

  3. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Vaddeswaram, Guntur Dist., Andhra Pradesh, 522302, India

    Maganti Syamala

  4. Department of R&D, Bond Marine Consultancy, London, EC1V 2NX, UK

    Elangovan Muniyandy

  5. Department of Biosciences, Saveetha School of Engineering, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai, 602 105, India

    Elangovan Muniyandy

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Dr. Muhammad Shafiq: Conceived and designed the research, Collected and analysed data., Wrote and edited the manuscript. Dr. Fan Quanrun: Provided critical input on research design. Mr. Changqing Du: Conducted experiments and gathered experimental data. Dr. Anas Bilal: Contributed to the literature review and background research. Maganti Syamala (Corresponding Author): Developed the concept and research framework., Coordinated data collection and analysis efforts., Drafted and revised the manuscript. Corresponded with co-authors and the journal. Elangovan Muniyandy: Conducted specialized data analysis and simulations, Assisted in manuscript revisions.

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Shafiq, M., Quanrun, F., Du, C. et al. Multiplexing techniques for future fiber optic communications with spatial multiplexing. Opt Quant Electron 56, 330 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11082-023-05862-x

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