Physical interpretation of intercore crosstalk in multicore fiber: Effects of macrobend, structure fluctuation, and microbend

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 5401-5412

  Hayashi, Tetsuya ^a,b   Sasaki, Takashi ^a   Sasaoka, Eisuke ^a   Saitoh, Kunimasa ^b   Koshiba, Masanori ^b  

^a SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROFILOMETRY;

CROSSTALK SUPPRESSION; INTERCORE CROSSTALKS; MACRO-BEND; MEASUREMENT RESULTS; MICRO-BENDING; MICROBEND; MULTICORE FIBER; PHYSICAL INTERPRETATION;

CROSSTALK;

EID: 84875182720     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.005401     Document Type: Article

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