Uncoupled 4-core Fibre with Ultra-low Loss and Low Inter Core Crosstalk
Masanori Takahashi, Koichi Maeda, Keiichi Aiso, Kazunori Mukasa, Ryuichi Sugizaki, Daiki Soma, Hidenori Takahashi, Takehiro Tsuritani, Miranda Mitrovic, Bera Pálsdóttir, Yoshihiro Arashitani
Abstract
An uncoupled 125-μm-cladding 4-core multicore fibre (MCF) with record low-loss of 0.155dB/km among uncoupled MCFs was realized. Span loss of 60.2km MCF was reduced to less than 10dB including fan-in and fan-out. Inter core crosstalk of the MCF is less than -60dB/100km.
Topics & Concepts
CrosstalkCladding (metalworking)Materials scienceMulti-core processorCore (optical fiber)OpticsOptoelectronicsComposite materialPhysicsComputer scienceParallel computingOptical Network TechnologiesSemiconductor Lasers and Optical DevicesAdvanced Optical Network Technologies