Weakly-coupled trench-assisted MCF for long-haul applications
Conference: Kommunikationskabelnetze - 30. ITG-Fachtagung
12/05/2023 - 12/06/2023 at Köln
Proceedings: ITG-Fb. 313: Kommunikationskabelnetze
Pages: 3Language: englishTyp: PDF
Authors:
Boettcher, Martin; Tiess, Tobias; Lorenz, Michael; Schuster, Kay (Heraeus Comvance, Heraeus Quarzglas Bitterfeld GmbH & Co KG, Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Germany)
Abstract:
In this paper, we discuss the development of a weakly-coupled Multi-Core Fiber (MCF) with 7 cores for long-haul applications in the C-band. In order to manage XT and leakage losses, trench regions of lowered refractive index are introduced isolating the interaction between cores. Furthermore, market perspectives of such MCFs are discussed.