Fini John M, Zhu Benyuan, Taunay Thierry F, Yan Man F, Abedin Kazi S
OFS Laboratories, Somerset, NJ 08873, USA.
Opt Express. 2012 Jan 16;20(2):949-59. doi: 10.1364/OE.20.000949.
Random perturbations play an important role in the crosstalk of multicore fibers, and can be captured by statistical coupled-mode calculations. In this approach, phase matching contributes a multiplicative factor to the average crosstalk, depending on the perturbation statistics and any intentional heterogeneity of neighboring cores. The impact of perturbations is shown to be qualitatively different depending on whether they are gradually varying, or have short-length (centimeter-scale) variations. This insight implies a novel crosstalk suppression strategy: fast modulation of a bend perturbation by spinning the fiber can disrupt the bend-induced phase matching.
