Microbend losses in singlemode optical fibers: theoretical and experimental investigation

Author

Arya, Vivek ; Murphy, Kent A. ; Wang, Anbo ; Claus, Richard O.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Virginia Polytech. Inst. & State Univ., Blacksburg, VA, USA

Volume

13

Issue

10

fYear

1995

fDate

10/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1998

Lastpage

2002

Abstract

A systematic study of microbend effects in singlemode optical fibers is presented. An algorithm is developed to characterize optical attenuation as a function of the spatial period of the microbend deformation. Optical attenuation peaks are described in terms of central wavelength, amplitude, and spectral width. An excellent correlation is shown between the experimental results and the theoretical predictions, with nominal errors of less than 2.5%

Keywords

bending; measurement errors; optical correlation; optical fibre losses; optical fibre theory; physics computing; algorithm; central wavelength; microbend deformation; microbend effects; microbend losses; nominal errors; optical attenuation; optical attenuation peaks; singlemode optical fibers; spatial period; Magnetic sensors; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber losses; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Optical sensors; Optical signal processing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/50.469736

Filename

469736