Title :
Ultra low nonlinear telecom fibre by hole assisted technique
Author :
Shimotakahara, I. ; Sugizaki, R. ; Mimura, Y. ; Yagi, T.
Author_Institution :
Fitel Photonics Lab., Furukawa Electr. Co., Ltd., Ichihara, Japan
Abstract :
Hole assisted fibre with less than half nonlinearity of standard SMFs was investigated. Fabricated fibre has Aeff of 180 mum2, reduced n2 and larger dispersion coefficient, simultaneously. Low loss splice is available with regular fusion splicer.
Keywords :
holey fibres; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre losses; attenuation loss spectra; bending loss; dispersion coefficient; fusion splice loss; hole assisted fibre; single mode propagation; ultra low nonlinear telecom fibre; Attenuation; Fiber nonlinear optics; Laboratories; Nonlinear optics; Optical losses; Optical signal processing; Photonics; Refractive index; Telecommunication standards; Yagi-Uda antennas;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2009. ECOC '09. 35th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Vienna
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5096-1