Title :
Laminated polymer waveguide fan-out device for uncoupled multi-core fiber
Author :
Watanabe, Tatsuhiko ; Kokubun, Yasuo
Author_Institution :
Grad. Sch. of Eng., Yokohama Nat. Univ., Yokohama, Japan
Abstract :
A compact waveguide-type fan-out device for uncoupled multi-core fibers was demonstrated using laminated polymer waveguide. The measured coupling losses from a 7-core fiber to seven single-core fibers were as low as 0.2 - 4.4 dB.
Keywords :
optical fibres; optical polymers; compact waveguide-type fan-out device; laminated polymer waveguide fan-out device; multi-core fiber; single-core fibers; Insertion loss; Loss measurement; Multicore processing; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Optical fibers; fan-out device; integration; laminated polymer waveguide; multi-core fiber;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Burlingame, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0731-5
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2012.6359275
