Title :
Development of low loss, wide bandwidth hollow core photonic bandgap fibres for telecom applications
Author :
Petrovich, M.N. ; Wheeler, N.V. ; Baddela, N.K. ; Poletti, F. ; Fokoua, E. Numkam ; Hayes, J.R. ; Gray, D.R. ; Richardson, D.J.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Abstract :
Hollow core Photonic Bandgap Fibres (PBGFs) with a 19-cell core geometry and displaying ultralow loss over record 3 dB transmission bandwidths have been developed. In particular, we demonstrate PBGFs with as low as 4.5 dB/km loss at 2 μm and over >;150 nm wide sub-10 dB/km transmission. Absorbing gas species present in our fibres were identified and their loss contribution quantified. An initial explanation on the origin of CO2 absorption around 2 μm is formulated along with possible means for its removal.
Keywords :
light transmission; optical fibre communication; optical fibre losses; photonic band gap; 19-cell core geometry; CO2; absorbing gas species; carbon dioxide absorption; low loss hollow core; photonic bandgap fibres; telecom applications; transmission bandwidths; wide bandwidth hollow core; Absorption; Bandwidth; Optical fiber losses; Optical losses; Photonic bandgap fibers; Propagation losses; Fibre design and fabrication; Fibre optics communications; Photonic Bandgap Fibres; Photonic Crystal Fibres;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2012 14th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Coventry
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2228-7
Electronic_ISBN :
2161-2056
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2012.6253894
