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Writing Bragg Gratings in Multicore Fibers
Published on: April 20, 2016
Physical interpretation of intercore crosstalk in multicore fiber: effects of macrobend, structure fluctuation, and
Tetsuya Hayashi1, Takashi Sasaki, Eisuke Sasaoka
1Optical Communications R&D Laboratories, Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd, 1 Taya-cho, Sakae-ku, Yokohama 244-8588, Japan. t-hayashi@sei.co.jp
Abstract:
We have derived an intuitively interpretable expression of the average power-coupling coefficient for estimating the inter-core crosstalk of the multicore fiber. Based on the derived expression, we discuss how the structure fluctuation and macrobend can affect the crosstalk, and organize previously reported methods for crosstalk suppression. We also discuss how the microbending can affect the crosstalk in homogeneous and heterogeneous MCFs, based on the derived expression and previously reported measurement results.
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