Design optimization and testing of low bending loss hole assisted fibers

Author

Richard, Simon ; Montaigne, Nelly ; Mariette, Nicolas ; Fleureau, Anne ; Lempereur, Simon ; Bouwmans, Géraud ; Nouchi, Pascale

Author_Institution

Draka Commun., Marcoussis, France

fYear

2009

fDate

14-19 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

In this paper, we first show with modelling work that, as is well known for step-index fibers. A hole assisted fiber was designed with this method and fabricated, targeting MAC values around 7.7 with minimum bending loss. Six holes were drilled in a preform made with standard Draka process. The drawing was performed on a standard single mode fiber production tower.

Keywords

drilling; holey fibres; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre losses; optical fibre testing; wire drawing; drawing process; fiber design optimization; hole drilling; low-bending loss hole assisted fiber; single-mode fiber production tower; standard Draka process; step-index fiber testing; Design methodology; Design optimization; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber losses; Optical fiber subscriber loops; Optical fiber testing; Optical fibers; Optical microscopy; Optical sensors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics 2009 and the European Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEO Europe - EQEC 2009. European Conference on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4079-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4080-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5191717

Filename

5191717