Title :
Investigation of longitudinal power decay of a MCF by using a 50-km weakly-coupled multi-core fibre
Author :
Ishida, Itaru ; Takenaga, Katsuhiro ; Matsuo, Shoichiro ; Saitoh, Kunimasa ; Koshiba, Masanori
Author_Institution :
Opt. & Electron. Lab., Fujikura Ltd., Sakura, Japan
Abstract :
The longitudinal power decay due to crosstalk of a weakly-coupled MCF is observed with bi-directional OTDR technique. The center core and outer cores of MCFs with hexagonal layout show the different crosstalk characteristics until the power of cores is saturated.
Keywords :
optical crosstalk; optical fibre fabrication; optical time-domain reflectometry; MCF center core; MCF outer core; bidirectional OTDR technique; crosstalk characteristic; distance 50 km; hexagonal layout; longitudinal power decay; weakly coupled MCF; weakly coupled multicore fibre; Attenuation; Attenuation measurement; Crosstalk; Optical fibers; Optical variables measurement; Power measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications (ECOC), 2012 38th European Conference and Exhibition on
