This invention discloses a
hybrid optical cable combining hollow-core and
solid-core optical fibers and its fabrication method, belonging to the field of low-carbon, high-density optical cable technology. It includes a central skeleton with multiple spirally arranged grooves along its circumference. Multiple first optical units are housed within each groove, and each first optical unit includes multiple hollow-core optical fibers and a flexible sleeve. Multiple second optical units are stranded around the outer periphery of the central skeleton, with the stranding direction opposite to the spiral arrangement direction of the grooves. Each second optical unit includes multiple
solid-core optical fibers, which can be G.652D, G.654E, G.655, G.657A, etc., forming a
hybrid optical cable. This invention solves the problem of accommodating hollow-core optical fibers through the cooperation of the central skeleton and the flexible sleeve. By reverse-stranding the second optical units, the possibility of the second optical units embedding into the grooves is reduced, avoiding pressure on the flexible sleeve. Furthermore, the shared use of
solid and hollow optical fibers effectively improves the overall
fiber core density of the optical cable.