Title :
MPI characteristics of HAF based optical cord with MFD unmatched launching and impact of sweep fusion splicing
Author :
Matsui, Takashi ; Nakajima, Kazuhide ; Goto, Yukihiro ; Shimizu, Tomoya ; Kurashima, Toshio
Author_Institution :
Access Network Service Syst. Labs., NTT Corp., Tsukuba, Japan
Abstract :
Single-mode hole-assisted-fibre (HAF) based optical cord reveals no multipath interference (MPI) degradation independent of the existence of a mode-field diameter mismatch. Moreover, sweep fusion splicing effectively reduces MPI even if the HAF has extremely strong confinement.
Keywords :
holey fibres; light interference; optical fibre fabrication; splicing; HAF; MPI; mode-field diameter mismatch; multipath interference degradation; optical cord; single-mode hole-assisted-fibre; sweep fusion splicing; Degradation; Insertion loss; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; Splicing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2010 36th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Torino
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8536-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8534-5
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2010.5621474
