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According to the latest research, the global MULTI-CORE FIBERS (MCF) market size was valued at USD 15.67 million in 2022 and is expected to expand at a CAGR of 120.15% during the forecast period, reaching USD 1783.99 million by 2028.
Multi-Core Fiber (MCF) is a fiber that can have multiple cores inside a single cladding. As MCF has multiple cores, it has greater transmission capacity as compared to SSMF. Multi-core fiber can effectively improve the spatial density of fiber.
In optical communication, MCF fiber can effectively reduce the amount of fiber in the data center and improve transmission bandwidth. Multi-core fiber can also be made into a ribbon or cluster optical fiber cable with multiple cores. The cluster multi-core optical fiber cable can be applied in the undersea communication system, so as to greatly improve the transmission capacity and reduce the transmission cost. In the field of optical fiber sensing, multi-core fiber guarantees the same optical path and the same interference for the multi-channel transmission signal. This makes it very suitable for some optical path sensitive optical fiber sensing applications. Multi-core fiber is also getting more and more attention in the fields of optical fiber imaging, optical fiber laser, and medical endoscope.
Multi-Core Fibers (MCF) Growth Drivers
Compared with traditional single-core fibers, multiple cores in multi-core fibers share the same cladding. This high-density, multi-channel structure has the advantages of low production cost, space-saving, and high transmission capacity. Space-division multiplexing optical communication systems, data center connections, inter-chip communication, next-generation fiber amplifiers, optical sensing, and quantum technology all have extremely important application values.
In optical communication, MCF fiber can effectively reduce the amount of fiber in the data center and improve transmission bandwidth. For example, a single 7-core fiber can replace the existing 7 single-core fibers and greatly improve the space utilization rate of the data center. Multi-core fiber can also be made into a ribbon or cluster optical fiber cable with multiple cores. The cluster multi-core optical fiber cable can be applied in the undersea communication system, so as to greatly improve the transmission capacity and reduce the transmission cost. In the field of optical fiber sensing, multi-core fiber guarantees the same optical path and the same interference for the multi-channel transmission signal. This makes it very suitable for some optical path-sensitive optical fiber sensing applications. Multi-core fiber is also getting more and more attention in the fields of optical fiber imaging, optical fiber laser, and medical endoscope. The application of multi-core optical fiber is becoming more and more widespread.
As the application potential of multi-core optical fibers is constantly being tapped, the market has received more and more attention from enterprises, which will promote the development of the market.
Multi-Core Fibers (MCF) Market Challenges
The traditional MCF cannot achieve both economic rationality and broad compatibility at the same time, because from single core to multi-core, crosstalk (XT) in which signals interfere with each other theoretically occurs, resulting in deterioration of communication quality. Since the distance between the cores of a multi-core fiber is generally small, the optical signal in the fiber core will undergo strong optical coupling and generate noise crosstalk, which will seriously affect the transmission performance of the fiber. To reduce the crosstalk between cores, the most direct way is to increase the distance between the cores, but this will reduce the density of the cores and the transmission capacity, and considering the manufacturing process and cost, reducing the crosstalk by increasing the distance between cores is not the best choice. When studying the crosstalk between cores, the method used should be able to take into account the problems of crosstalk between cores, transmission loss and capacity at the same time, and can be well applied to long-distance and high-capacity multi-core fiber data communication.
At present, there are many methods that can be used to reduce the crosstalk between cores, such as using the MIMO technology to process the optical signal to solve the crosstalk problem. However, MIMO technology requires a lot of computing resources, and in an all-optical network with a large number of optical add-drop multiplexers, different transmission links will generate different inter-core crosstalk components, and the received signal will be affected by each crosstalk component. This will make the process of using MIMO technology to solve the crosstalk between cores very difficult.
In addition, some studies have pointed out that by solving the coupled mode equation and using a synchronous multi-channel optical time domain reflectometer, the optical coupling of multi-core fibers can be obtained to calculate the overall distribution of inter-core crosstalk. Based on this method, in future research on inter-core crosstalk, people can propose more effective and targeted crosstalk solutions based on the accurately calculated inter-core crosstalk distribution results. Inter-core crosstalk is an important challenge faced by current multi-core fiber research.
Region Overview:
Asia Pacific had the highest growth rate of all regions.
Company Overview:
The top three companies are Yangtze Optical Fibre and Cable, Fibercore and Fujikura Ltd with the revenue market share of 35.67%, 19.09% and 12.22% in 2021.
Yangtze Optical Fibre and Cable Joint Stock Limited Company manufactures fiber and cable products. The Company produces communication fibers, communication cables, specialty fibers, and products. Yangtze Optical Fibre and Cable markets its products domestically and internationally.
FiberCore, Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets single- and multi-mode optical performs and fiber for the telecommunications and data communications industry. Through its subsidiary, the Company also produces patented cable monitoring systems, a long-range fault locator, cable protection devices, and electro-optical talk sets.
Segmentation Overview:
Among different product types, Seven-Core segment is anticipated to contribute the largest market share in 2027.
Application Overview:
By application, the Extremely Large Capacity Transmission System segment occupied the biggest share from 2017 to 2022.
This report elaborates on the market size, market characteristics, and market growth of the MULTI-CORE FIBERS (MCF) industry between the year 2018 to 2028, and breaks down according to the product type, downstream application, and consumption area of MULTI-CORE FIBERS (MCF). The report also introduces players in the industry from the perspective of the value chain and looks into the leading companies.
Key Points this Global MULTI-CORE FIBERS (MCF) Market Report Include:
Market Size Estimates: MULTI-CORE FIBERS (MCF) market size estimation in terms of revenue and sales from 2018-2028
Market Dynamic and Trends: MULTI-CORE FIBERS (MCF) market drivers, restraints, opportunities, and challenges
Macro-economy and Regional Conflict: Influence of global inflation and Russia & Ukraine War on the MULTI-CORE FIBERS (MCF) market
Segment Market Analysis: MULTI-CORE FIBERS (MCF) market revenue and sales by type and by application from 2018-2028
Regional Market Analysis: MULTI-CORE FIBERS (MCF) market situations and prospects in major and top regions and countries
MULTI-CORE FIBERS (MCF) Market
MULTI-CORE FIBERS (MCF) Industry Chain: MULTI-CORE FIBERS (MCF) market raw materials & suppliers, manufacturing process, distributors by region, downstream customers
MULTI-CORE FIBERS (MCF) Industry News, Policies by regions
MULTI-CORE FIBERS (MCF) Industry Porters Five Forces Analysis
Key players in the global MULTI-CORE FIBERS (MCF) market are covered in Chapter 2:
Corning Inc.
NEC
Fibercore
Sumitomo Electric Lightwave Corp.
Fujikura Ltd
Yangtze Optical Fibre and Cable
Sintec Optronics Pte Ltd (HQ)
OELABS
Photonics Bretagne
FURUKAWA ELECTRIC
In Chapter 6 and Chapter 9, on the basis of types, the MULTI-CORE FIBERS (MCF) market from 2018 to 2028 is primarily split into:
Four-Core
Seven-Core
Twelve-Core
Others
In Chapter 7 and Chapter 10, on the basis of applications, the MULTI-CORE FIBERS (MCF) market from 2018 to 2028 covers:
Extremely Large Capacity Transmission System
Distributed Fibre Sensors
Medical Equipments
Others
Geographically, the detailed analysis of consumption, revenue, market share and growth rate of the following regions from 2018 to 2028 are covered in Chapter 8 and Chapter 11:
United States
Europe
China
Japan
India
Southeast Asia
Latin America
Middle East and Africa
Others
In summary, this report relies on sources from both primary and secondary, combines comprehensive quantitative analysis with detailed qualitative analysis, and pictures the market from a macro overview to micro granular segment aspects. Whatever your role in this industry value chain is, you should benefit from this report with no doubt.
Chapter Outline
This report consists of 12 chapters. Below is a brief guideline to help you quickly grasp the main contents of each chapter:
Chapter 1 first introduces the product overview, market scope, product classification, application, and regional division, and then summarizes the global MULTI-CORE FIBERS (MCF) market size in terms of revenue, sales volume, and average price.
Chapter 2 analyzes the main companies in the MULTI-CORE FIBERS (MCF) industry, including their main businesses, products/services, sales, prices, revenue, gross profit margin, and the latest developments/updates.
Chapter 3 is an analysis of the competitive environment of MULTI-CORE FIBERS (MCF) market participants. This mainly includes the revenue, sales, market share, and average price of the top players, along with the market concentration ratio in 2022 and the players' M&A and expansion in recent years.
Chapter 4 is an analysis of the MULTI-CORE FIBERS (MCF) industrial chain, including raw material analysis, manufacturing cost structure, distributors, and major downstream buyers.
Chapter 5 focuses on MULTI-CORE FIBERS (MCF) market dynamics and marketing strategy analysis, which include opportunities, challenges, industry development trends under inflation, industry news and policies analyzed by region, Porter's Five Forces analysis, as well as direct and indirect marketing, and the development trends of marketing channels.
Chapters 6-8 have segmented the MULTI-CORE FIBERS (MCF) market by type, application, and region, with a focus on sales and value from 2018 to 2023 from both vertical and horizontal perspectives.
Chapters 9-11 provide detailed MULTI-CORE FIBERS (MCF) market forecast data for 2023-2028, broken down by type and application, region, and major countries to help understand future growth trends.
Chapter 12 concludes with an explanation of the data sources and research methods. Verify and analyze through preliminary research to obtain final quantitative and qualitative data.
2022
Multi-Core Fiber (MCF) is a fiber that can have multiple cores inside a single cladding. As MCF has multiple cores, it has greater transmission capacity as compared to SSMF. Multi-core fiber can effectively improve the spatial density of fiber.
In optical communication, MCF fiber can effectively reduce the amount of fiber in the data center and improve transmission bandwidth. Multi-core fiber can also be made into a ribbon or cluster optical fiber cable with multiple cores. The cluster multi-core optical fiber cable can be applied in the undersea communication system, so as to greatly improve the transmission capacity and reduce the transmission cost. In the field of optical fiber sensing, multi-core fiber guarantees the same optical path and the same interference for the multi-channel transmission signal. This makes it very suitable for some optical path sensitive optical fiber sensing applications. Multi-core fiber is also getting more and more attention in the fields of optical fiber imaging, optical fiber laser, and medical endoscope.
Multi-Core Fibers (MCF) Growth Drivers
Compared with traditional single-core fibers, multiple cores in multi-core fibers share the same cladding. This high-density, multi-channel structure has the advantages of low production cost, space-saving, and high transmission capacity. Space-division multiplexing optical communication systems, data center connections, inter-chip communication, next-generation fiber amplifiers, optical sensing, and quantum technology all have extremely important application values.
In optical communication, MCF fiber can effectively reduce the amount of fiber in the data center and improve transmission bandwidth. For example, a single 7-core fiber can replace the existing 7 single-core fibers and greatly improve the space utilization rate of the data center. Multi-core fiber can also be made into a ribbon or cluster optical fiber cable with multiple cores. The cluster multi-core optical fiber cable can be applied in the undersea communication system, so as to greatly improve the transmission capacity and reduce the transmission cost. In the field of optical fiber sensing, multi-core fiber guarantees the same optical path and the same interference for the multi-channel transmission signal. This makes it very suitable for some optical path-sensitive optical fiber sensing applications. Multi-core fiber is also getting more and more attention in the fields of optical fiber imaging, optical fiber laser, and medical endoscope. The application of multi-core optical fiber is becoming more and more widespread.
As the application potential of multi-core optical fibers is constantly being tapped, the market has received more and more attention from enterprises, which will promote the development of the market.
Multi-Core Fibers (MCF) Market Challenges
The traditional MCF cannot achieve both economic rationality and broad compatibility at the same time, because from single core to multi-core, crosstalk (XT) in which signals interfere with each other theoretically occurs, resulting in deterioration of communication quality. Since the distance between the cores of a multi-core fiber is generally small, the optical signal in the fiber core will undergo strong optical coupling and generate noise crosstalk, which will seriously affect the transmission performance of the fiber. To reduce the crosstalk between cores, the most direct way is to increase the distance between the cores, but this will reduce the density of the cores and the transmission capacity, and considering the manufacturing process and cost, reducing the crosstalk by increasing the distance between cores is not the best choice. When studying the crosstalk between cores, the method used should be able to take into account the problems of crosstalk between cores, transmission loss and capacity at the same time, and can be well applied to long-distance and high-capacity multi-core fiber data communication.
At present, there are many methods that can be used to reduce the crosstalk between cores, such as using the MIMO technology to process the optical signal to solve the crosstalk problem. However, MIMO technology requires a lot of computing resources, and in an all-optical network with a large number of optical add-drop multiplexers, different transmission links will generate different inter-core crosstalk components, and the received signal will be affected by each crosstalk component. This will make the process of using MIMO technology to solve the crosstalk between cores very difficult.
In addition, some studies have pointed out that by solving the coupled mode equation and using a synchronous multi-channel optical time domain reflectometer, the optical coupling of multi-core fibers can be obtained to calculate the overall distribution of inter-core crosstalk. Based on this method, in future research on inter-core crosstalk, people can propose more effective and targeted crosstalk solutions based on the accurately calculated inter-core crosstalk distribution results. Inter-core crosstalk is an important challenge faced by current multi-core fiber research.
Region Overview:
Asia Pacific had the highest growth rate of all regions.
Company Overview:
The top three companies are Yangtze Optical Fibre and Cable, Fibercore and Fujikura Ltd with the revenue market share of 35.67%, 19.09% and 12.22% in 2021.
Yangtze Optical Fibre and Cable Joint Stock Limited Company manufactures fiber and cable products. The Company produces communication fibers, communication cables, specialty fibers, and products. Yangtze Optical Fibre and Cable markets its products domestically and internationally.
FiberCore, Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets single- and multi-mode optical performs and fiber for the telecommunications and data communications industry. Through its subsidiary, the Company also produces patented cable monitoring systems, a long-range fault locator, cable protection devices, and electro-optical talk sets.
Segmentation Overview:
Among different product types, Seven-Core segment is anticipated to contribute the largest market share in 2027.
Application Overview:
By application, the Extremely Large Capacity Transmission System segment occupied the biggest share from 2017 to 2022.
This report elaborates on the market size, market characteristics, and market growth of the MULTI-CORE FIBERS (MCF) industry between the year 2018 to 2028, and breaks down according to the product type, downstream application, and consumption area of MULTI-CORE FIBERS (MCF). The report also introduces players in the industry from the perspective of the value chain and looks into the leading companies.
Key Points this Global MULTI-CORE FIBERS (MCF) Market Report Include:
Market Size Estimates: MULTI-CORE FIBERS (MCF) market size estimation in terms of revenue and sales from 2018-2028
Market Dynamic and Trends: MULTI-CORE FIBERS (MCF) market drivers, restraints, opportunities, and challenges
Macro-economy and Regional Conflict: Influence of global inflation and Russia & Ukraine War on the MULTI-CORE FIBERS (MCF) market
Segment Market Analysis: MULTI-CORE FIBERS (MCF) market revenue and sales by type and by application from 2018-2028
Regional Market Analysis: MULTI-CORE FIBERS (MCF) market situations and prospects in major and top regions and countries
MULTI-CORE FIBERS (MCF) Market
Competitive Landscape
and Major Players: Analysis of 10-15 leading market players, sales, price, revenue, gross, gross margin, product/service profile and recent development/updates, etc.MULTI-CORE FIBERS (MCF) Industry Chain: MULTI-CORE FIBERS (MCF) market raw materials & suppliers, manufacturing process, distributors by region, downstream customers
MULTI-CORE FIBERS (MCF) Industry News, Policies by regions
MULTI-CORE FIBERS (MCF) Industry Porters Five Forces Analysis
Key players in the global MULTI-CORE FIBERS (MCF) market are covered in Chapter 2:
Corning Inc.
NEC
Fibercore
Sumitomo Electric Lightwave Corp.
Fujikura Ltd
Yangtze Optical Fibre and Cable
Sintec Optronics Pte Ltd (HQ)
OELABS
Photonics Bretagne
FURUKAWA ELECTRIC
In Chapter 6 and Chapter 9, on the basis of types, the MULTI-CORE FIBERS (MCF) market from 2018 to 2028 is primarily split into:
Four-Core
Seven-Core
Twelve-Core
Others
In Chapter 7 and Chapter 10, on the basis of applications, the MULTI-CORE FIBERS (MCF) market from 2018 to 2028 covers:
Extremely Large Capacity Transmission System
Distributed Fibre Sensors
Medical Equipments
Others
Geographically, the detailed analysis of consumption, revenue, market share and growth rate of the following regions from 2018 to 2028 are covered in Chapter 8 and Chapter 11:
United States
Europe
China
Japan
India
Southeast Asia
Latin America
Middle East and Africa
Others
In summary, this report relies on sources from both primary and secondary, combines comprehensive quantitative analysis with detailed qualitative analysis, and pictures the market from a macro overview to micro granular segment aspects. Whatever your role in this industry value chain is, you should benefit from this report with no doubt.
Chapter Outline
This report consists of 12 chapters. Below is a brief guideline to help you quickly grasp the main contents of each chapter:
Chapter 1 first introduces the product overview, market scope, product classification, application, and regional division, and then summarizes the global MULTI-CORE FIBERS (MCF) market size in terms of revenue, sales volume, and average price.
Chapter 2 analyzes the main companies in the MULTI-CORE FIBERS (MCF) industry, including their main businesses, products/services, sales, prices, revenue, gross profit margin, and the latest developments/updates.
Chapter 3 is an analysis of the competitive environment of MULTI-CORE FIBERS (MCF) market participants. This mainly includes the revenue, sales, market share, and average price of the top players, along with the market concentration ratio in 2022 and the players' M&A and expansion in recent years.
Chapter 4 is an analysis of the MULTI-CORE FIBERS (MCF) industrial chain, including raw material analysis, manufacturing cost structure, distributors, and major downstream buyers.
Chapter 5 focuses on MULTI-CORE FIBERS (MCF) market dynamics and marketing strategy analysis, which include opportunities, challenges, industry development trends under inflation, industry news and policies analyzed by region, Porter's Five Forces analysis, as well as direct and indirect marketing, and the development trends of marketing channels.
Chapters 6-8 have segmented the MULTI-CORE FIBERS (MCF) market by type, application, and region, with a focus on sales and value from 2018 to 2023 from both vertical and horizontal perspectives.
Chapters 9-11 provide detailed MULTI-CORE FIBERS (MCF) market forecast data for 2023-2028, broken down by type and application, region, and major countries to help understand future growth trends.
Chapter 12 concludes with an explanation of the data sources and research methods. Verify and analyze through preliminary research to obtain final quantitative and qualitative data.
Years considered for this report:
Historical Years:
2018-2022Base Year:
2022Estimated Year:
2023Forecast Period:
2023-2028Frequently Asked Questions
This market study covers the global and regional market with an in-depth analysis of the overall growth prospects in the market. Furthermore, it sheds light on the comprehensive competitive landscape of the global market. The report further offers a dashboard overview of leading companies encompassing their successful marketing strategies, market contribution, recent developments in both historic and present contexts.
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The report provides a detailed evaluation of the market by highlighting information on different aspects which include drivers, restraints, opportunities, and threats. This information can help stakeholders to make appropriate decisions before investing.
