Optimized Design Method for Bend-Insensitive Heterogeneous Trench-Assisted Multi-Core Fiber With Ultra-Low Crosstalk and High Core Density

Author

Jiajing Tu ; Saitoh, Kunimasa ; Koshiba, Masanori ; Takenaga, Katsuhiro ; Matsuo, Shoichiro

Author_Institution

Grad. Sch. of Inf. Sci. & Technol., Hokkaido Univ., Sapporo, Japan

Volume

31

Issue

15

fYear

2013

fDate

Aug.1, 2013

Firstpage

2590

Lastpage

2598

Abstract

We describe and explain the design methods for the cores, trench layers and core number in multi-core fibers (MCFs) in detail. According to such method, we propose relative optimized design schemes for heterogeneous trench-assisted multi-core fiber (Hetero-TA-MCF), inside which cores are arranged in one-ring structure. This Hetero-TA-MCF is a kind of bend-insensitive MCF with high density of cores and ultra-low crosstalk.

Keywords

optical crosstalk; optical design techniques; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre theory; bend-insensitive MCF; bend-insensitive heterogeneous trench-assisted multicore fiber; core density; core number; hetero-TA-MCF; one-ring structure; optimized design; trench layers; ultralow crosstalk; Correlation; Crosstalk; Finite element analysis; Indexes; Layout; Multicore processing; Bend-insensitive fiber; heterogeneous trench-assisted multi-core fiber; high-core-density fiber; low-crosstalk fiber;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2013.2271514

Filename

6547994