Counter-Propagating Core Assignment in Multi-Core Fiber Optical Networks to Reduce Inter-Core Crosstalk and Capacity Wastage

Fengxian Tang, Yonghu Yan, Limei Peng +2

Inter-core crosstalk is one of the most serious impairments for signal transmission in a multi-core fiber (MCF) optical network. On the other hand, because of wide deployment of da…