Multicore Fiber

Multicore fibers provide a platform for the next generation telecommunicationdevices and sensor systems. In the telecoms sector, multicore fibers can beused to dramatically reduce the amount of space required for cables andconnectors in data centers and exchanges. By combining multiple signal linesinto a single connector space, space division multiplexing schemes can beutilized to save space and give high bandwidth cables. For the biomedicalsector, the fiber has photosensitive cores, allowing Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG)inscription into each core, giving the ability to use the fiber as a 3D shapesensor, as deployed in catheters and other medical tools for minimally invasiveprocedures.
      Fibercore use a highly customizable techniquefor manufacturing multicore fibers, so unique designs can be considered, forexample combining SM and MM cores, different core numbers, different core positions.If you have a custom design, please contact our design team.

Advantages:

• Simultaneous transmission of different signals down differentcores
• Photosensitive core designs for FBG inscription
• Suitable for biomedical catheter shape sensing applications
• Can be used as the transmission line for high data rate cables in datacenters
• Custom designs possible: more cores, miss-matched cores, different corepositions

Typicalapplications:

• Shape Sensings
• Datacenter Transmission Cables
• Temperature and Strain Sensors

ProductVariants:

• SM-4C 1550(8.0/125) Four SM cores within a standard 125μmcladding diameter, designed for use at 1550nm in data cables and shape sensingprobes

Specifications