Multicore Flat Fiber: A New Fabrication Technique

Author

Mahdiraji, Ghafour Amouzad ; Amirkhan, F. ; Chow, Desmond M. ; Kakaie, Z. ; Poh Soo Yong ; Dambul, Katrina D. ; Adikan, F.R.M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Volume

26

Issue

19

fYear

2014

fDate

Oct.1, 1 2014

Firstpage

1972

Lastpage

1974

Abstract

A new method of fabricating multicore flat fiber (MCFF) is proposed. A 40-m long, 230-μm × 670-μm MCFF with six cores arranged in one row is demonstrated with polymer coating. The fabricated fiber with and without polymer coating can tolerate down to 1 and 2 cm of bending diameter, respectively. The intercore crosstalk over 40 m of MCFF is shown to be less than - 74 dB. This method significantly simplifies fabrication of MCFF and provides rapid and flexible manufacturing of km-length MCFF for telecommunication applications.

Keywords

antireflection coatings; optical crosstalk; optical fibre communication; optical fibre fabrication; optical polymers; bending diameter; fabrication technique; intercore crosstalk; km-length MCFF; multicore flat fiber fabrication; polymer coating; size 230 mum; size 40 m; size 670 mum; telecommunication applications; Crosstalk; Fabrication; Glass; Multicore processing; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Preforms; Optical fiber fabrication; multicore fiber; optical communication;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2014.2343637

Filename

6876165