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

Xia, Cen; Amezcua-Correa, Rodrigo; Bai, Neng; Antonio-Lopez, Enrique; May-Arriojo, Daniel; Schulzgen, Axel; Richardson, Martin; Liñares, Jesús; Montero, Carlos; Mateo, Eduardo; Zhou, Xiang; Li, Guifang

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

Date

2012

Authors

Xia, Cen

Amezcua-Correa, Rodrigo

Bai, Neng

Antonio-Lopez, Enrique

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.