• DocumentCode
    1881074
  • Title

    Investigating micro-bend sensitivity of a Large-Mode-Area Bragg fiber

  • Author

    Baskiotis, Catherine ; Jaouën, Yves ; Gabet, Renaud ; Molin, Denis ; Sillard, Pierre ; Bouwmans, Géraud ; Quiquempois, Yves ; Douay, Marc

  • Author_Institution
    PhLAM, Univ. de Lille 1, Villeneuve-d´´Ascq, France
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    20-24 Sept. 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Phase-sensitive optical low coherence reflectometry technique is used to characterize the mode couplings induced by micro-bends in a large-mode-area Bragg fiber made with PCVD. Single-point and multipoint lateral pressures have been investigated.
  • Keywords
    Bragg gratings; bending; optical fibre couplers; PCVD; large-mode-area Bragg fiber; microbend sensitivity; mode couplings; multipoint lateral pressures; phase-sensitive optical low coherence reflectometry; single-point lateral pressures; Cameras; Coherence; Indium gallium arsenide; Loss measurement; Optical coupling; Optical sensors; Propagation constant; Propagation losses; Reflectometry; Telecommunications;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication, 2009. ECOC '09. 35th European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Vienna
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-5096-1
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5287025