Keio University

World's First Demonstration of High-Power Optical Signal Transmission Exceeding 10W in a Wavelength-Multiplexed PON System Using Hollow-Core Fibers

―Applications of next-generation optical access for ultra-high-branch PON transmission and optical fiber power supply―

Published: July 03, 2026
Office of Communications and Public Relations

The University of Electro-Communications

Lightera Japan Co., Ltd.

Keio University

As part of the “Research and Development Project of Advanced Optical Transmission Technology Contributing to a Green Society (JPMI00316)” commissioned by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, a research group consisting of the University of Electro-Communications, Lightera Japan Co., Ltd., and Keio University, has developed a wavelength-multiplexing PON system  using a hollow-core fiber  developed by the Lightera Group, and has succeeded in transmitting high-power optical signals with an optical fiber input power exceeding 10W. 

It is known that hollow-core fibers exhibit nonlinear effect of about 1/1000 compared to conventional silica core optical fibers, but this is the world's first time to achieve high-quality, high-power transmission using actual communication optical signals exceeding 10W.

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