Higher-density single-mode optical fibre cables than 1 fibre/mm2, containing hundreds of fibres |
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| Authors: | Katsuyama Y. Hatano S. Hogari K. Kokubun T. |
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| Affiliation: | NTT Electrical Communications Laboratories, Tokai, Japan; |
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| Abstract: | A slotted-rod structure was investigated to obtain the maximum fibre density of high-fibre-count cables. A 500-fibre cable with a fibre density of 1.5 fibres/mm2 was designed and manufactured. The manufactured cable was composed of 10-fibre ribbons inserted into the designed slots. The optical losses of the cabled single-mode fibres were confirmed to be stable at 1.3 and 1.55 ?m. This cable has the highest fibre density of existing optical cables. |
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