Free-Space Optics-based Multi-Channel Variable Optical Attenuator for FIFO-less 4-Core Fiber Systems with Low-Insertion Loss
Conference: ECOC 2024 - 50th European Conference on Optical Communication
09/22/2024 - 09/26/2024 at Frankfurt, Germany
Proceedings: ITG-Fb. 317: ECOC 2024
Pages: 4Language: englishTyp: PDF
Authors:
Goto, Yuta; Kaya, Asumi; Takahata, Taketoshi; Kobayashi, Tetsuya; Furukawa, Hideaki
Abstract:
We newly develop a free-space optics-based multi-channel variable optical attenuator (VOA) without fan-in/fan-out devices for 4-core fiber system. We experimentally demonstrate the insertion loss up to 0.56 dB and dynamic range of attenuation of more than 50 dB on four cores of the VOA.