Title :
Few-Mode Multicore Fiber for Highly Dense Space-Division Multiplexing
Author :
Sasaki, Yutaka ; Amma, Yoshimichi ; Takenaga, Katsuhiro ; Guan, N. ; Matsuo, Shoichiro ; Saitoh, Kunimasa ; Koshiba, Masanori
Author_Institution :
Opt. & Electron. Lab., Fujikura Ltd., Sakura, Japan
Abstract :
Few-mode multicore fiber (FM-MCF) has the potential to improve the transmission capacity of a fiber drastically. Challenges in designing FM-MCF and characteristics of our fabricated FM-MCF for highly dense space-division multiplexing are reviewed.
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; optical design techniques; optical fibre communication; optical fibre fabrication; wavelength division multiplexing; FM-MCF designing; FM-MCF fabrication; few-mode multicore fiber; highly dense space-division multiplexing; transmission capacity; Crosstalk; Indexes; Multicore processing; Multiplexing; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; few-mode fiber; multicore fiber;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series, 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Montreal, QC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-2766-1
DOI :
10.1109/SUM.2014.91
