Journal
IEEE PHOTONICS JOURNAL
Volume 13, Issue 4, Pages -Publisher
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2021.3089490
Keywords
Photonic crystal fiber; multi-core fiber; space division multiplexing; crosstalk
Funding
- National Key Research and Development Program of China [2019YFB2204001]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [61775032]
- Natural Science Foundation of Science and Technology Department of Liaoning Province [2020BS046]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [N2104022, N180704006, N2004021, N180408018]
- 111 Project [B16009]
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In this study, a novel NA-PCF was proposed and designed for MCF communication systems, utilizing nanorods and air-holes to suppress crosstalk between fiber cores. Simulation results demonstrated that the NA-PCF has potential applications in large-capacity long-distance MCF communication.
We propose and design a novel homogeneous nanorod-assisted multi-core photonic crystal fiber (NA-PCF), and it utilizes the flexibility of photonic crystal fiber (PCF) for air-hole design, NA-PCF applied to multi-core fiber (MCF) communication system. High refractive index nanorods are introduced in the center of the seven cores which are further surrounded by a periodical arrangement of air-holes. The air-holes and the nanorods work together to greatly suppress the crosstalk (XT) between the cores. By comprehensively balancing the influence of various parameters on XT, single-mode cutoff wavelength (lambda(cc)) and the effective mode field area (A(eff)), simulation results show that the NA-PCF has a A(eff) of about 70.26 mu m(2), XT of about -50.58 dB/km, relative core multiplicity factor (RCMF) of 4.7 and lambda(cc) of 1530 nm. This designed structure targets applications in large-capacity long-distance MCF communication.
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