Multicore Fiber 多芯光纤

Multicore fibers provide a platform for the next
generation telecommunication devices and sensor
systems.

In the telecoms sector, multicore fibers can be used to dramatically
reduce the amount of space required for cables and connectors in
data centers and exchanges. By combining multiple signal lines into
a single connector space, space division multiplexing schemes can
be utilized to save space and give high bandwidth cables. For the
biomedical sector, the fiber has photosensitive cores, allowing Fiber
Bragg Grating (FBG) inscription into each core, giving the ability to
use the fiber as a 3D shape sensor, as deployed in catheters and
other medical tools for minimally invasive procedures.

Fibercore use a highly customizable technique for manufacturing multicore fibers, so unique designs can be
considered, for example 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
different cores
• 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 data centers
• Custom designs possible: more cores, mismatched
cores, different core positions
Typical Applications:
• Data center transmission cables
• Temperature and strain sensors
• Structural Health Monitoring (SHM)

Typical applications:

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

Product Variants

• SM-4C1500(8.0/125)/001
Four SM cores within a standard 125μm cladding
diameter, designed for use at 1550nm in data cables
and shape sensing probes
• SM-7C1250(5.2/125)
7 core SM fiber with a 125μm cladding diameter,
designed for 1250nm
• SM-7C1500(6.1/125)
7 core SM fiber with a 125μm cladding diameter,
designed for 1550nm
• SSM-7C1500(6.1/125)
Spun 7 core SM fiber with a 125μm cladding diameter,
designed for use at 1550nm in 3D shape sensing
applications

Specifications