Title :
Dependence of crosstalk increase due to tight bend on core layout of multi-core fiber
Author :
Hayashi, Teruaki ; Nakanishi, Tetsuya ; Sasaki, T. ; Saitoh, Kunimasa ; Koshiba, Masanori
Author_Institution :
Opt. Commun. R&D Labs., Sumitomo Electr. Ind., Ltd., Yokohama, Japan
Abstract :
Dependence of the tight-bend-induced crosstalk increase on the core layout is experimentally investigated. The crosstalk increase exponentially decreases with the core-to-core distance increase, and depends on the positions of excited and coupled cores.
Keywords :
optical crosstalk; optical fibre communication; space division multiplexing; core layout; core-to-core distance; multicore fiber; optical fiber communication; spatial division multiplexing; tight-bend-induced crosstalk; Coatings; Couplings; Crosstalk; Floors; Layout; Multicore processing; Optical fiber communication;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2014
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-5575-2994-7
DOI :
10.1364/OFC.2014.W4D.4
