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

Volume

31

Issue

13

fYear

2013

fDate

1-Jul-13

Firstpage

2177

Lastpage

2183

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;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2013.2263634

Filename

6516900