Title :
Fan-in/fan-out device employing v-groove substrate for multicore fibre
Author :
Abe, Y. ; Shikama, K. ; Ono, H. ; Yanagi, S. ; Takahashi, T.
Author_Institution :
NTT Device Innovation Center, NTT Corp., Atsugi, Japan
Abstract :
A fan-in/fan-out device using small-diameter fibres for 12-core single-mode multicore fibre, which realises a hexagonal closely packed fibre arrangement by employing v-groove substrates and a low insertion loss is demonstrated.
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; optical fibre losses; substrates; 12-core single-mode multicore fibres; fan-in/fan-out device; hexagonal closely packed fibre arrangement; low insertion loss; multicore fibres; small-diameter fibres; v-groove substrate;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el.2015.1330
