Heterogeneous 12-Core 4-LP-Mode Fiber Based on Trench-Assisted Graded-Index Profile

We design a heterogeneous 12-core 4-LP-mode fiber having two different types of cores and trench-assisted graded-index profiles. For the optimum design of the index profiles of these two heterogeneous cores, we first investigate the impacts of various geometric parameters on the effective refractive...

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Main Authors: Jun Ho Chang, Sunghyun Bae, Hoon Kim, Yun C. Chung
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Hoon Kim
Yun C. Chung
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description We design a heterogeneous 12-core 4-LP-mode fiber having two different types of cores and trench-assisted graded-index profiles. For the optimum design of the index profiles of these two heterogeneous cores, we first investigate the impacts of various geometric parameters on the effective refractive index of each LP mode, maximum differential modal delay (DMD), and bending losses of the guiding and higher order modes. We then design a heterogeneous 12-core 4-LP mode fiber having a cladding diameter of 242 <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX"> $\mu {\rm m}$</tex-math></inline-formula>. The numerical analyses based on the coupled-mode equation show that the inter-core crosstalk levels of the proposed fiber are lower than <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$-$ </tex-math></inline-formula> 55 dB/km, regardless of modes, as long as the fiber is not bent tightly with a bending radius of &lt;60 mm. In addition, the maximum DMD is estimated to be &lt;70 ps/km over the entire C+L band. The number of modes per unit area and the relative core multiplicity factor of the proposed 12-core 4-LP-mode fiber are calculated to be 1.565 <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\times$</tex-math></inline-formula> 10<sup> <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$-$</tex-math></inline-formula> 3</sup> <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\mu {\rm m}$</tex-math></inline-formula><sup><inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$-$ </tex-math></inline-formula> 2</sup> and 42.2, respectively.
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spelling doaj-art-35dbb3069d7c4d91be4993eec4758dcf2025-08-20T03:32:37ZengIEEEIEEE Photonics Journal1943-06552017-01-019211010.1109/JPHOT.2017.26786837873308Heterogeneous 12-Core 4-LP-Mode Fiber Based on Trench-Assisted Graded-Index ProfileJun Ho Chang0Sunghyun Bae1Hoon Kim2Yun C. Chung3School of Electrical Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, South KoreaSchool of Electrical Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, South KoreaSchool of Electrical Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, South KoreaSchool of Electrical Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, South KoreaWe design a heterogeneous 12-core 4-LP-mode fiber having two different types of cores and trench-assisted graded-index profiles. For the optimum design of the index profiles of these two heterogeneous cores, we first investigate the impacts of various geometric parameters on the effective refractive index of each LP mode, maximum differential modal delay (DMD), and bending losses of the guiding and higher order modes. We then design a heterogeneous 12-core 4-LP mode fiber having a cladding diameter of 242 <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX"> $\mu {\rm m}$</tex-math></inline-formula>. The numerical analyses based on the coupled-mode equation show that the inter-core crosstalk levels of the proposed fiber are lower than <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$-$ </tex-math></inline-formula> 55 dB/km, regardless of modes, as long as the fiber is not bent tightly with a bending radius of &lt;60 mm. In addition, the maximum DMD is estimated to be &lt;70 ps/km over the entire C+L band. The number of modes per unit area and the relative core multiplicity factor of the proposed 12-core 4-LP-mode fiber are calculated to be 1.565 <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\times$</tex-math></inline-formula> 10<sup> <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$-$</tex-math></inline-formula> 3</sup> <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\mu {\rm m}$</tex-math></inline-formula><sup><inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$-$ </tex-math></inline-formula> 2</sup> and 42.2, respectively.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7873308/Space-division multiplexingmulti-core fiberfew-mode fiberfiber characterization.
spellingShingle Jun Ho Chang
Sunghyun Bae
Hoon Kim
Yun C. Chung
Heterogeneous 12-Core 4-LP-Mode Fiber Based on Trench-Assisted Graded-Index Profile
IEEE Photonics Journal
Space-division multiplexing
multi-core fiber
few-mode fiber
fiber characterization.
title Heterogeneous 12-Core 4-LP-Mode Fiber Based on Trench-Assisted Graded-Index Profile
title_full Heterogeneous 12-Core 4-LP-Mode Fiber Based on Trench-Assisted Graded-Index Profile
title_fullStr Heterogeneous 12-Core 4-LP-Mode Fiber Based on Trench-Assisted Graded-Index Profile
title_full_unstemmed Heterogeneous 12-Core 4-LP-Mode Fiber Based on Trench-Assisted Graded-Index Profile
title_short Heterogeneous 12-Core 4-LP-Mode Fiber Based on Trench-Assisted Graded-Index Profile
title_sort heterogeneous 12 core 4 lp mode fiber based on trench assisted graded index profile
topic Space-division multiplexing
multi-core fiber
few-mode fiber
fiber characterization.
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7873308/
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