Crosstalk and core density in uncoupled multicore fibers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 1898-1901

  Saitoh, Kunimasa ^a   Koshiba, Masanori ^a   Takenaga, Katsuhiro ^b   Matsuo, Shoichiro ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUJIKURA LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crosstalk; multicore fiber (MCF); space division multiplexing; trench assisted multicore fiber

Indexed keywords

CLADDING DIAMETERS; CORE DENSITIES; COUPLING COEFFICIENT; CRITICAL ISSUES; FIBER DESIGN PARAMETERS; LONG HAUL; MULTICORE FIBER; RELATIVE CORE; SPACE DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; STEP-INDEX PROFILE;

CROSSTALK; PROFILOMETRY; SPACE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS;

FIBERS;

EID: 84867854093     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2012.2217489     Document Type: Article

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