Journal on Communications ›› 2022, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (11): 233-241.doi: 10.11959/j.issn.1000-436x.2022211

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Research on inter-core crosstalk characteristics of real multi-core fibers with multi-core excitation

Lian XIANG1,2, Hongfeng PAN1,2, Shulin JIN1,2, Weidong SHAO1,2   

  1. 1 Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Communication Network Technology, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
    2 School of Electronic Information and Engineering, Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, China
  • Revised:2022-10-25 Online:2022-11-25 Published:2022-11-01
  • Supported by:
    The National Natural Science Foundation of China(61801322);The Natural Science Research Project in Universities of Jiangsu Province(15KJB510028)

Abstract:

Based on the coupled power theory, the characteristics of optical power and inter-core crosstalk (ICXT) were studied in real multi-core fibers (MCF) with multi-core excitation.According to the simplified coupled power equation of 7-core fiber, the analytical expressions of optical signal power and ICXT in each fiber core were deduced under three multi-core excitation conditions.Simulation results show that, after long-distance transmission, the optical power of each core would converge to a fixed value and reach a dynamic equilibrium state, and its convergence distance decreased exponentially with the increase of bending radius and gradually tended to a fixed value.In addition, in order to study the relationship between multi-core excitation and single-core excitation, the analytical expressions of the power and ICXT in coupled cores were deduced under simultaneous excitation and separate excitation of multi-core.Research shows that the contribution of multi-core excitations to the ICXT of coupled core is irrelevant, and the ICXT of multi-core excitation is equivalent to the sum of the ICXT obtained by the excitation of the cores separately.

Key words: multi-core fiber, inter-core crosstalk, coupled power theory, multi-core excitation, space division multiplexing

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