“…If we assume a homogeneous 7-core TMF, which has a core at the center and six outer cores in a hexagonal layout, the electric fields in core A and B can be expressed as E A = A 01A (z)⋅E 01 (x,y) + A 11A (z)⋅E 11 (x,y) and E B = A 01B (z)⋅E 01 (x,y) + A 11B (z)⋅E 11 (x,y), respectively, where A µm is the amplitude of mode µ in core m, E µ is the transversal field distribution of mode µ in undisturbed fiber, and z is the propagation distance. Then, the inter-core mode couplings in a bent MC-TMF can be described as [13]…”