[TuE3] Design, Fabrication and Characterization of SDM Fibers

3:15 PM - 3:30 PM JST(6:15 AM - 6:30 AM UTC)

[TuE3-5] Comparison of crosstalk measurement methods for weakly-coupled multicore fibers

○Ryota Kaji¹, Kodai Ishida², Kazuyoshi Inoue², Takuya Oda¹, Katsuhiro Takenaga¹, Kentaro Ichii¹ (1. Fujikura Ltd (Japan), 2. Anritsu Corporation (Japan))

Keywords:

Fibers for space division multiplexing

The effectiveness of four crosstalk measurement methods was compared using 4-core multicore fibers. These methods resulted in a consistent ±1.0 dB at 1550 nm and ±1.5 dB at 1625 nm.