Title :
Trench assisted multi-core fiber with large Aeff over 100 μm2 and low attenuation loss
Author :
Imamura, Katsunori ; Mukasa, Kazunori ; Sugizaki, Ryuichi
Author_Institution :
Fitel Photonics Lab., Fitel Photonics Lab., Furukawa Electr. Co., Ltd., Chiba, Japan
Abstract :
By applying trench index profile, we successfully developed multi-core fibers with large Aeff over 100 μm2 and attenuation loss as low as 0.2 dB/km at 1550 nm. The low cross-talk properties were also confirmed.
Keywords :
optical crosstalk; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre losses; crosstalk property; effective area; large Aeff; low attenuation loss; trench assisted multicore fiber; trench index profile; wavelength 1550 nm; Attenuation; Indexes; Multicore processing; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber losses;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2011 37th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Geneva
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1918-9