Effect of Inter-core Backward-Reflected Crosstalk in Core Selective Switch on Bidirectional Spatial Channel Networks
Masahiro Kitada, Rika Tahara, Kyosuke Nakada, Yudai Uchida, Kako Matsumoto, Masahiko Jinno · 2024
We report that the backward-reflected crosstalk of a 5-core fiber (CF) core selective switch (CSS) and a 19-CF CSS is less than -50 dB and causes negligible impact on the system signal-to-noise ratio in multicore-fiber bidirectional networks with CSS-based optical nodes.