Hole-assisted few-mode multi-core fiber for high-density space-division multiplexing

Cen Xia, Rodrigo Amezcua‐Correa, Neng Bai, Enrique Antonio‐Lopez, Daniel May-Arriojo, Axel Schülzgen, Martin Richardson, Jesús Liñares, Carlos Montero-Orille, Xiang Zhou,

2012 · 18 citations · 6 references

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Abstract

A seven-core few-mode multi-core fiber in which each core supports three spatial modes has been designed and fabricated for the first time. The hole-assisted structure allows low crosstalk transmission of 21 spatial modes per polarization per wavelength.

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