17 June 2021 Numerical investigation of bend insensitive multicore optical fibers
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Abstract

A kind of bending-insensitive multicore fiber (MCF) is proposed. The core adopts a low-mode gradient index structure to form a seven-core few-mode fiber. The finite element method is used to simulate and analyze the bending loss of the central core and the outer core, the crosstalk between the core modes, and the influence of core parameters on the crosstalk performance. Data simulation results show that even for a small bending radius of 5 mm, the bending loss of this MCF is much lower than the attenuation loss of the fiber, and the crosstalk between the adjacent cores is less than −20  dB. Therefore, independent information transmission between cores can still be realized under a small bending radius.

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Yuan Zhang, Wen-Fan Jiang, and Ming-Yang Chen "Numerical investigation of bend insensitive multicore optical fibers," Optical Engineering 60(6), 066109 (17 June 2021). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.60.6.066109
Received: 3 March 2021; Accepted: 2 June 2021; Published: 17 June 2021
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KEYWORDS
Refractive index

Optical fibers

Cladding

Optical engineering

Single mode fibers

Structured optical fibers

Finite element methods

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