Title :
Misalignment Losses in Step-Index Multicore Plastic Optical Fibers
Author :
Berganza, Amaia ; Aldabaldetreku, Gotzon ; Zubia, Joseba ; Durana, Gaizka ; Arrue, Jon
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Commun. Eng., Univ. of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Bilbao, Spain
Abstract :
We analyze the extrinsic coupling losses due to misalignments in three different SI-MCPOFs. Four kinds of misalignments are analyzed: longitudinal separation, transversal offset angular misalignment and rotational misalignment. We have performed experimental measurements and complementary computational simulations to assess the effect of misalignments and the influence of crosstalk and fiber characteristics on coupling losses.
Keywords :
optical crosstalk; optical fibre losses; optical fibre testing; plastics; SI-MCPOF; complementary computational simulations; crosstalk characteristics; extrinsic coupling losses; fiber characteristics; longitudinal separation; misalignment losses; rotational misalignment; step-index multicore plastic optical fibers; transversal offset angular misalignment; Couplings; Crosstalk; Lenses; Loss measurement; Multicore processing; Optical losses; Simulation; Geometric optics; loss measurements; optical fibers; optical losses; ray tracing;
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JLT.2013.2263634
