• DocumentCode
    1042414
  • Title

    On the origin of excess loss in highly GeO2-doped single-mode MCVD fibers

  • Author

    Bubnov, Mikhail M. ; Semjonov, Sergey L. ; Likhachev, Mikhail E. ; Dianov, Evgeny M. ; Khopin, Vladimir F. ; Salganskii, Mikhail Yu ; Guryanov, Aleksey N. ; Fajardo, James C. ; Kuksenkov, Dmitri V. ; Koh, Joohyun ; Mazumder, Prantik

  • Author_Institution
    Fiber Opt. Res. Center, Moscow, Russia
  • Volume
    16
  • Issue
    8
  • fYear
    2004
  • Firstpage
    1870
  • Lastpage
    1872
  • Abstract
    Index profile grading and elimination of the central dip have yielded the lowest loss ever reported for modified chemical vapor deposition-made highly GeO2-doped single-mode fibers (1.33 dB/km at 1550 nm for Δ=2.9%). Investigation of the angular distribution of scattering has shown that much of the optical loss in such fibers is due to anomalous scattering. This scattering arises in the region of the central dip in the refractive index profile and at the core-cladding interface.
  • Keywords
    chemical vapour deposition; germanium compounds; light scattering; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre losses; refractive index; 1550 nm; GeO2; anomalous scattering; central dip; core-cladding interface; excess loss; highly GeO2-doped single-mode MCVD fibers; index profile grading; modified chemical vapor deposition; optical loss; refractive index profile; scattering angular distribution; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optical devices; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber losses; Optical fibers; Optical refraction; Optical scattering; Optical variables control; Rayleigh scattering; Stimulated emission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LPT.2004.829756
  • Filename
    1316951