Title :
Bends in the design of low-crosstalk multicore fiber communications links
Author :
Fini, J.M. ; Zhu, B. ; Taunay, T.F. ; Yan, M.F.
Author_Institution :
OFS Labs., Somerset, NJ, USA
Abstract :
Low-crosstalk multicore fibers are modeled including crucial impacts of bends and core variation. We propose spinning of multicore fiber and demonstrate that this can provide a large additional reduction in crosstalk.
Keywords :
optical crosstalk; optical fibre communication; optical links; bend variation; core variation; crucial impacts; low crosstalk multicore fibers; multicore fiber communications links; multicore fiber spinning; Indexes; Multicore processing; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber polarization;
Conference_Titel :
OptoElectronics and Communications Conference (OECC), 2010 15th
Conference_Location :
Sapporo
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6785-3
