Title :
Hole-assisted graded index plastic optical fiber with wow bending loss
Author :
Hiromasa, Toru ; Ishigure, Takaaki
Author_Institution :
Grad. Sch. of Sci. & Technol., Keio Univ., Yokohama
Abstract :
We fabricate hole-assisted multimode graded index plastic optical fibers successfully for the first time. They exhibit much lower macro bending loss than GI POFs although they have the same refractive index profiles in their cores.
Keywords :
gradient index optics; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre losses; refractive index; waveguide discontinuities; bending loss; graded index plastic optical fiber; hole-assisted fibers; refractive index profiles; Bandwidth; Optical fiber losses; Optical fibers; Optical interconnections; Optical losses; Optical waveguides; Plastics; Preforms; Propagation losses; Refractive index;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2008. LEOS 2008. 21st Annual Meeting of the
Conference_Location :
Acapulco
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1931-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1932-6
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2008.4688580
