Open AccessDesign and optimization of 32-core rod/trench assisted square-lattice structured single-mode multi-core fiber
Author(s) -
Xueqin Xie,
Jiajing Tu,
Xian Zhou,
Keping Long,
Kunimasa Saitoh
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.25.005119
Subject(s) - bend radius , trench , optics , materials science , wavelength , antenna aperture , photonic crystal fiber , core (optical fiber) , square lattice , plastic optical fiber , optical fiber , bending , physics , multi mode optical fiber , composite material , telecommunications , computer science , ising model , layer (electronics) , dipole antenna , antenna (radio) , statistical physics
We propose and design a kind of heterogeneous rod-assisted and trench-assisted multi-core fiber (Hetero-RA-TA-MCF) with 32 cores arranged in square-lattice structure (SLS), and then we introduce the design method for Hetero-RA-TA-MCF. Simulation results show that the Hetero-RA-TA-32-Core-Fiber achieves average effective area (A eff ) of about 74 μm 2 , low crosstalk (XT) of about -31 dB/100km, threshold value of bending radius (R pk ) of 7.0 cm, relative core multiplicity factor (RCMF) of 8.74, and cable cutoff wavelength (λ cc ) of less than 1.53 μm.