[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 (¹Fujikura Ltd, ²Anritsu Corporation)

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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.