Multi-Core Optical Fibers

Optical Fiber Telecommunications: Components and Subsystems: Sixth Edition

Volumn 5A, Issue , 2013, Pages 321-352

  Hayashi, Tetsuya ^a  

^a SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coupled mode theory; Coupled power theory; Crosstalk; Multi core fiber (MCF); Spatial division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

CROSSTALK; OPTICAL FIBERS; TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

CORE DENSITIES; COUPLED MODE THEORY; COUPLED POWER THEORY; MULTI CORE; MULTI-CORE OPTICAL FIBERS; SPATIAL DIVISION; SPATIAL DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

FIBERS;

EID: 84942064514     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-396958-3.00009-3     Document Type: Chapter

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