Toward Continuous Contribution for Future Traffic Growth of Optical Fiber Communications Networks‒ The world’s first field deployed multi-core fiber testbed for optical communications installed in L’Aquila, Italy ‒ Network traffic is growing by 30% to 50% every year due to the rapid spread of smartphones and the growth of data centers. To address this challenge, a great deal of research is taking place into how to boost network capacity. Space-division multiplexing (SDM) is attracting a lot of attention, which realizes multiple spatial channels within a single optical fiber. Among various types of optical fibers for SDM, multi-core optical fiber (MCF) is one of the most promising candidates for the next-generation transmission medium. READ MORE
