title: Multicore fiber with rectangular cross-section.
abstract: We have fabricated, to our knowledge, the first rectangular cross-section multicore fiber with eight cores arranged in a line. We have shown that the rectangular cross-section remains practically unchanged during the fiber-drawing process. The heterogeneous version of the proposed fiber design could be beneficial for crosstalk reduction because of the low influence of fiber bends on crosstalk between neighboring cores.
authors.forename: O N
authors.initials: ON
authors.lastname: Egorova
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Semjonov
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Senatorov
authors.forename: M Y
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Salganskii
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Koklyushkin
authors.forename: V N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Nazarov
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Korolev
authors.forename: D V
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Kuksenkov
authors.forename: Ming-Jun
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Dianov