Title :
Cross-Comparison of Bend Loss in Large-Mode-Area Fibres
Author :
Jamier, R. ; Février, S. ; Humbert, G. ; Viale, P. ; Blondy, J.M. ; Semjonov, S.L. ; Likhachev, M.E. ; Bubnov, M.M. ; Dianov, E.M. ; Khopin, V.F. ; Salganskii, M.Y. ; Guryanov, A.N.
Author_Institution :
XLIM, institut de recherche, UMR CNRS 6172, 123 avenue A. Thomas, 87060 Limoges, France jamier@xlim.fr
Abstract :
Bend loss in step-index, holey and bandgap large-mode-area fibres are compared. Numerical simulations are carried out and experimental validations are presented. It is shown that bandgap fibres exhibit lowest bend loss.
Keywords :
Chemistry; Frequency; Laser beams; Numerical simulation; Optical beams; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber losses; Optical fibers; Photonic band gap; Propagation losses;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications, 2006. ECOC 2006. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes, France
Print_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2006.4800901
