Design of Multi-core Fiber Patch Panel for Space Division Multiplexing Implementations |
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| Authors: | Luz E. González Alvaro Morales Simon Rommel Bo F. Jørgensen N. Porras-Montenegro Idelfonso Tafur Monroy |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Departamento de Física, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia;2. Departamento de Física, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Matemáticas, Universidad de Ibagué, Ibagué, Colombia;3. Department of Electrical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, Netherlands;4. Department of Photonics Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark;5. ITMO University, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation |
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| Abstract: | A multi-core fiber (MCF) patch panel was designed, allowing easy coupling of individual signals to and from a 7-core MCF. The device was characterized, measuring insertion loss and cross talk, finding highest insertion loss and lowest crosstalk at 1300 nm with values of 9.7 dB and -36.5 dB respectively, while at 1600 nm insertion loss drops to 4.8 dB and crosstalk increases to -24.1 dB. Two MCF splices between the fan-in module, the MCF, and the fan-out module are included in the characterization, and splicing parameters are discussed. |
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| Keywords: | Fiber splicing multi-core fiber |
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