The invention provides a long and short parallel
optical buffer based on a multi-
core optical fiber, and belongs to the technical field of
optical communication buffer. The long-short parallel
optical buffer is composed of a multi-
core optical fiber, an
optical circulator, a multi-
core optical fiber fan-in and fan-out device, an
erbium-doped
amplifier and an
optical switch, the
optical circulator, an
optical path switch and a
fiber core of the same multi-core
optical fiber are utilized to construct two optical
signal circulation loops suitable for different
delay demand characteristics, and the long-short parallel
optical buffer is formed. According to the invention, the long and short parallel optical buffers are constructed by using the
fiber cores in the multi-core
optical fiber, and the
optical path circulation loss characteristic is considered based on the characteristics of small spacing and low
crosstalk between the
fiber cores of the multi-core
optical fiber; a plurality of fiber cores in the same multi-core optical fiber are creatively utilized to construct an optical
signal circulation loop with adjustable time
delay as a long cache loop, and a
single fiber core is utilized to construct an optical
signal circulation loop with adjustable time
delay as a short cache loop, so that adjustable time delay and efficient cache of optical signals are realized.