Multi-core optical fiber and optical communication systems
US8503845B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 31, 2011 |
| Grant date | Aug 6, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 30, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B6/0288
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An apparatus includes an optical fiber having a plurality of optical cores therein. Each optical core is located lateral in the optical fiber to the remaining one or more optical cores and is able to support a number of propagating optical modes at telecommunications wavelengths. Each number is less than seventy.
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