• DocumentCode
    1521733
  • Title

    Effect of macro-bending on dispersion of dispersion compensating fibres

  • Author

    Koch, F. ; Chernikov, S.V. ; Taylor, J.R. ; Gruner-Nielsen, L.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Imperial Coll. of Sci., Technol. & Med., London, UK
  • Volume
    35
  • Issue
    8
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    4/15/1999 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    660
  • Lastpage
    661
  • Abstract
    Using direct measurement, the effect of macro-bending on the dispersion in dispersion compensating fibres was investigated. It was shown that even a relatively large bend radius of ~10 cm can modify the fibre dispersion in the range 1500-1600 nm
  • Keywords
    bending; compensation; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre losses; 10 cm; 1500 to 1600 nm; bend radius; dispersion compensating fibres; fibre dispersion; macro-bending effect;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19990443
  • Filename
    771018