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http://dx.doi.org/10.6109/jicce.2016.14.3.163

Concentric Core Fiber Design for Optical Fiber Communication  

Nadeem, Iram (Department of Information and Communications Engineering, Chosun University)
Choi, Dong-You (Department of Information and Communications Engineering, Chosun University)
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Journal of information and communication convergence engineering / v.14, no.3, 2016 , pp. 163-170 More about this Journal
Abstract
Because of rapid technological advancements, increased data rate support has become the key criterion for future communication medium selection. Multimode optical fibers and multicore optical fibers are well matched to high data rate throughput requirements because of their tendency to support multiple modes through one core at a time, which results in higher data rates. Using the numerical mode solver OptiFiber, we have designed a concentric core fiber by investigating certain design parameters, namely core diameter (µm), wavelength (nm), and refractive index profile, and as a result, the number of channels, material losses, bending losses, polarization mode dispersion, and the effective nonlinear refractive index have been determined. Space division multiplexing is a promising future technology that uses few-mode fibers in parallel to form a multicore fiber. The experimental tests are conducted using the standard second window wavelength of 1,550 nm and simulated results are presented.
Keywords
Few-mode fiber; Linear polarized mode; Multicore/multimode optical fiber;
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