Pluggable fan-out realizing physical-contact and low coupling loss for multi-core fiber. - Osamu Shimakawa; Manabu Shiozaki; Tomomi Sano; Akira Inoue (OFC/NFOEC, 2013)

Compact multi-core fiber fan-out with GRIN-lens and micro-lens array. - Osamu Shimakawa; Hajime Arao; Michiko Harumoto; Tomomi Sano; Akira Inoue (OFC, 2014)

125-µm-cladding 8-core multi-core fiber realizing ultra-high-density cable suitable for O-band short-reach optical interconnects. - Tetsuya Hayashi; Tetsuya Nakanishi; Kaoru Hirashima; Osamu Shimakawa; Fumiaki Sato; Koichi Koyama; Akira Furuya; Yasunori Murakami; Takashi Sasaki (OFC, 2015)

Spatial-spectral-efficiency-enhanced multi-core fiber. - Tetsuya Nakanishi; Tetsuya Hayashi; Osamu Shimakawa; Takashi Sasaki (OFC, 2015)

Single-mode 24-fiber connector with GI fiber lens array. - Osamu Shimakawa; Hajime Arao; N. Matsushita; Y. Mitose; Dai Sasaki; Masaki Ohmura; H. Kohda (OFC, 2015)

End-to-End Multi-Core Fibre Transmission Link Enabled by Silicon Photonics Transceiver with Grating Coupler Array. - Tetsuya Hayashi; Attila Mekis; Tetsuya Nakanishi; Mark Peterson; Subal Sahni; Peng Sun; Steven Freyling; Gene Armijo; Chang Sohn; Dennis Foltz; Thierry Pinguet; Michael Mack; et al. (ECOC, 2017)

MCF-enabled ultra-high-density 256-core MT connector and 96-core physical-contact MPO connector. - Tetsu Morishima; Jun Ito; Takayuki Shimazu; Hajime Arao; Osamu Shimakawa; Toshihisa Yokochi; Fumiya Uehara; Masaki Ohmura; Tetsuya Nakanishi; Tomomi Sano; Tetsuya Hayashi (OFC, 2017)

Ultra-High-Density MCF Connector Technology. - Tetsu Morishima; Osamu Shimakawa; Jun Ito; Takayuki Shimazu; Hajime Arao; Toshihisa Yokochi; Fumiya Uehara; Masaki Ohmura; Tetsuya Nakanishi; Tomomi Sano; Tetsuya Hayashi (OFC, 2018)

Low Loss Optical Switch with Precisely Rotationally-Aligned Multi-Core Fiber Array. - Osamu Shimakawa; Ryoichi Kobayashi; Hidehisa Tazawa (OFC, 2020)

Low insertion loss and high return loss fiber bundle fan-in/fan-out for four-core multi-core fiber. - Takahiro Kikuchi; Osamu Shimakawa; Hidehisa Tazawa (OECC/PSC, 2022)