Title :
Long-length low-loss polarization-maintaining fibers
Author_Institution :
NTT Electrical Communications, Tokai, Ibaraki, Japan
fDate :
9/1/1987 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Long-length low-loss polarization-maintaining fibers are useful for coherent optical transmission systems, active transmission lines with optical nonlinear effects, and other long-length optical transmission systems, such as those for bidirectional optical transmission. Design, fabrication, and characteristics of highly birefringent polarization-maintaining fibers with long length and low loss, especially polarization-maintaining and absorption-reducing (PANDA) fibers, are reviewed and discussed in this paper. Application of the fibers is also discussed.
Keywords :
Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber losses; Optical polarization; Birefringence; Fabrication; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical crosstalk; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber sensors; Optical sensors; Propagation losses; Transmission lines;
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JLT.1987.1075653
