Title :
Adiabatically expanded single-mode optical fibers for reduced optical power density and enhanced reliability
Author :
Murphy, Dominic F. ; Healy, Noel ; O´Mahoney, Kieran T. ; Hussey, Conleth D.
Author_Institution :
Opt. Res. Group, Waterford Inst. of Technol., Waterford, Ireland
Abstract :
Mode-field areas of standard and specialty single-mode fibers have been adiabatically expanded more than 14-fold from 85 μm2 to 1195 μm2 with <; 0.1 dB loss using the technique of reverse tapering to reduce potential failure mechanisms.
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical fibre losses; telecommunication network reliability; adiabatic expansion; enhanced reliability; mode-field areas; reduced optical power density; reverse tapering; single-mode optical fibers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber networks;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0262-3
