Title :
Development of fiber bundle type fan-out for multicore fiber
Author :
Watanabe, Kengo ; Saito, Tsunetoshi ; Imamura, Katsunori ; Shiino, Masato
Author_Institution :
FITEL Photonics Lab., Furukawa Electr. Co. Ltd., Chiba, Japan
Abstract :
We developed a compact fiber bundle type fan-out for multicore fiber by using capillary action of adhesive. The fan-out demonstrated low splice loss less than 0.35dB and low cross-talk less than -64dB in all cores.
Keywords :
optical crosstalk; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre losses; capillary action; fiber bundle type fan-out; multicore fiber; optical crosstalk; splice loss; Multicore processing; Optical device fabrication; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Optical losses;
Conference_Titel :
Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference (OECC), 2012 17th
Conference_Location :
Busan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0976-9
Electronic_ISBN :
2166-8884
DOI :
10.1109/OECC.2012.6276529
