“…4), at a higher operating wavelength, i. e. 1570 nm, the separation of the different mode groups disappears based on the effect of the chromatic dispersion. Since the chromatic dispersion affects all mode groups almost equally, MIMO isn't able to generate an additional diversity gain (in comparison to wireless channels, where delayspread isn't any longer a limiting parameter (Ahrens and Benavente-Peces, 2009b;Ahrens and Benavente-Peces, 2011)). The advantage of a higher signal-tonoise-ratio due to lower attenuation in the third optical window is diminished by the chromatic dispersion.…”