• DocumentCode
    1594617
  • Title

    Fabrication of mode field converter in H2-loaded SMF-28e using CW-Ar+ laser

  • Author

    Violakis, Georgios ; Aggarwal, Nandita ; Limberger, Hans G.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Eng., Ecole Polytech. Fed. de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
  • fYear
    2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We report on mode field diameter changes of -231% due to UV-induced core refractive index changes of ≤10-2 in SMF-28e leading to a loss reduction of 0.83 dB between SMF-28e and a dispersion compensating fiber.
  • Keywords
    argon; gas lasers; hydrogen; optical fabrication; optical fibre dispersion; optical wavelength conversion; refractive index; Ar; H2; SMF-28e; UV-induced core refractive index; dispersion compensating fiber; mode field converter fabrication; Indexes; Insertion loss; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Refractive index;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2011 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
  • Conference_Location
    Los Angeles, CA
  • ISSN
    pending
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0213-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5875746
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1594617