Design of 125 μm cladding multi-core fiber with full-band compatibility to conventional single-mode fiber

Authors :: Kazuhide Nakajima
Fumihiko Yamamoto
Kotaro Saito
Yukihiro Goto
Toshio Kurashima
Takashi Matsui
Taiji Sakamoto
Source :: 2015 European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC).
Publication Year :: 2015
Publisher :: IEEE, 2015.
Abstract: We realize a multi-core fiber (MCF) fully compatible with conventional single-mode fiber (SMF) in all telecommunication bands while maintaining 125 μm cladding. The designed MCF enables us to construct a full-band SDM transmission link harmonizing with existing SMF links.

Subjects :: All-silica fiber
Materials science
Optics
Plastic-clad silica fiber
business.industry
Dispersion-shifted fiber
Polarization-maintaining optical fiber
business
Plastic optical fiber
Cladding (fiber optics)
Graded-index fiber
Hard-clad silica optical fiber

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