STL debuts multicore fibre portfolio
Created October 17, 2024
Technologies and ProductsSTL has debuted its MultiCore Fibre (MCF) portfolio at IMC 2024. STL’s MCF suite consists of ultra-thin fibre with seven and four cores, along with Multicore Fibre Cables drawn from its multicore preform technology. STL also showcased a live 400G network transmission with real-time traffic simulation. The company says its Make-In-India portfolio is laying the groundwork for the scale-up of advanced technologies like quantum communications and silicon photonics.
STL’s Multicore fibre leverages Space Division Multiplexing in seven and four core fibre to achieve ultra-high transmission capacity per fibre within the same diameter. This marquee fibre was deployed in the Advanced Optical Communications (AOC) Test Bed project last year to evaluate its transmission performance with advanced technologies in on-field conditions. This project is run in collaboration with Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and IIT Chennai.
Inaugurating the multicore fibre solution at STL’s booth, Sri Neeraj Mittal, secretary of the DoT, said, “STL’s multicore solution aims to solve the problems of transmission capacity per fibre. It will fulfil requirements for advanced technologies like quantum communications and silicon photonics.”
“The recently announced National Quantum Mission has set aspirational goals for technology development. The work being done at STL on multicore optical fibre will help us become leaders in the deployment of quantum networks,” said Anil Prabhakar, Professor at IIT Madras and Principal Investigator of the National Quantum Mission Hub on Quantum Communications.
Commenting on this breakthrough, Dr Badri Gomatam, CTO, STL, said, “We need the next wave of optical fibre innovations for the next wave of technological innovations. With our deep research of around two decades in optical fibre, we have been able to achieve this breakthrough in the form of Multicore fibre. This designed and made-in-India product makes us proud, and we are excited to see how STL’s Multicore Fibre can help scale advanced technologies like Quantum Computing and Silicon photonics.”
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