Title :
Recent progress on multi-core fiber
Author :
Nakajima, Kazuhide ; Goto, Yukihiro ; Tomita, Shigeru
Author_Institution :
Access Network Service Syst. Labs., NTT Corp., Tsukuba, Japan
Abstract :
Potential of uncoupled multi-core fiber (MCF) is investigated with viewpoints of space utilization efficiency and the figure of merit (FOM). The impact of longitudinal optical coupling characterization and/or management is discussed using a dual-core fiber.
Keywords :
optical fibre couplers; dual-core fiber; figure of merit; longitudinal optical coupling; space utilization efficiency; uncoupled multicore fiber; Crosstalk; Multiplexing; Optical coupling; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber theory;
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.2012.6276532
