Abstract
We investigate the performance of self-homodyne coherent system based on 19*SDM and 16*WDM channels. We show that self-homodyne detection, with pilot-tone transmitted on 1 MCF core, is compatible with SDM transmission systems but inter-core crosstalk can limit potential advantages.
© 2012 Optical Society of America
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