Communication system

A communication system, comprising:

• a first few mode fiber of a first span, a second few mode fiber of a next span, and a mode converter, wherein the first few mode fiber is configured to transmit M received mode groups, group delays of the M mode groups during transmission in the first few mode fiber are symmetrically distributed about a center, the center of the group delays of the M mode groups is a median value between a largest value and a smallest value of the group delays of the M mode groups, a signal is carried in each of the M mode groups, and M is an integer greater than 1;
• the mode converter is configured to:
• receive the M mode groups from the first few mode fiber, perform mode group exchange between a first mode group and a second mode group in the M mode groups to obtain M exchanged mode groups, and couple the M exchanged mode groups to the second few mode fiber of the next span, wherein a group delay of the first mode group and a group delay of the second mode group are symmetric about the center, and the M mode groups comprise the first mode group and the second mode group, wherein the first few mode fiber sequentially comprises a core, inner cladding, a trench, and outer cladding from inside to outside;
• and group refractive indexes of the M mode groups are symmetrically distributed about a center in the first few mode fiber, wherein a group refractive index of each of the M mode groups is determined based on an effective refractive index of the mode group, and the effective refractive index of the mode group is determined based on a refractive index of the core, a refractive index of the inner cladding, a refractive index of the outer cladding, a refractive index of the trench, a radius of the core, a width of the inner cladding, a width of the trench, and a width of the outer cladding of the first few mode fiber;
• a transmitter configured to transmit optical signals to the first few mode fiber;
• and
• a receiver that is configured to receive optical signals from the second few mode fiber;
• and wherein
• the communication system further comprises an amplifier, wherein the mode converter is located between the first few mode fiber and the amplifier, or the mode converter is integrated into the amplifier.

A communication system, comprising:

• a first few mode fiber of a first span, a second few mode fiber of a next span, and a mode converter, wherein the first few mode fiber is configured to transmit M received mode groups, group delays of the M mode groups during transmission in the first few mode fiber are symmetrically distributed about a center, the center of the group delays of the M mode groups is a median value between a largest value and a smallest value of the group delays of the M mode groups, a signal is carried in each of the M mode groups, and M is an integer greater than 1;
• and
• the mode converter is configured to:
• receive the M mode groups from the first few mode fiber, perform mode group exchange between a first mode group and a second mode group in the M mode groups to obtain M exchanged mode groups, and couple the M exchanged mode groups to the second few mode fiber of the next span, wherein a group delay of the first mode group and a group delay of the second mode group are symmetric about the center, and the M mode groups comprise the first mode group and the second mode group, wherein
• the first few mode fiber sequentially comprises a core, inner cladding, a trench, and outer cladding from inside to outside;
• and
• group refractive indexes of the M mode groups are symmetrically distributed about a center in the first few mode fiber, wherein
• a group refractive index of each of the M mode groups is determined based on an effective refractive index of the mode group, and the effective refractive index of the mode group is determined based on a refractive index of the core, a refractive index of the inner cladding, a refractive index of the outer cladding, a refractive index of the trench, a radius of the core, a width of the inner cladding, a width of the trench, and a width of the outer cladding of the first few mode fiber, and wherein
• the mode converter comprises fiber gratings of └M/2┘ different periods, one period corresponds to one first mode group and one second mode group, and └ ┘ indicates rounding down;
• and
• each of the └M/2┘ different periods is determined based on a communication wavelength, an effective refractive index of a corresponding first mode group, and an effective refractive index of a corresponding second mode group.