[ThG3] Fiber Characterization

[ThG3-1] Stable Measurement of Near/Far Field Profiles of Coupled Multi-Core Fiber

Invited

〇Elaine Chou^1,2, Tetsuya Hayashi¹, Takuji Nagashima¹, Joseph M. Kahn², Tetsuya Nakanishi¹ (¹Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Japan, ²Stanford Univ., USA)

Keywords:Fibers for space division multiplexing, Fiber characterization and measurement techniques

A low-coherence method is presented for measuring stable near-field and far-field profiles of coupled multi-core fibers. Stability is achieved by averaging output intensity over wavelength to eliminate time-varying intensity fluctuations caused by coupling and interference.