Title :
Recent advances in multi-core transmission fibers
Author :
Imamura, Katsunori ; Sugizaki, Ryuichi
Author_Institution :
Furukawa Electr. Co., Ltd., Chiba, Japan
Abstract :
We summarize the progresses of multi-core fibers for ultra-high capacity transmission systems. Recent efforts, reliability issues and splicing technique for multi-core fibers are also described in this paper.
Keywords :
optical fibre fabrication; space division multiplexing; splicing; multi-core fibers; multi-core transmission fibers; reliability issues; splicing technique; ultra-high capacity transmission systems; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber theory; Reliability; Standards;
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.2012.6276570