When Less is More: Emerging Network-Wide Use Cases for Hollow-Core Fibers in Optical Networks [Invited]

Mëmëdhe Ibrahimi, Giovanni Simone Sticca, Angelo Ferrara +2

Hollow-Core Fiber (HCF) is emerging as a disruptive technology for next-generation optical networks, offering 30\% lower propagation latency than standard Single-Mode Fiber (SMF),…