Title :
Removing bend loss by removing the caustic in bent single mode fibres
Author :
Healy, Noel ; Hussey, Conleth D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mater. Sci. & Technol., Limerick Univ., Ireland
Abstract :
By removing the cladding on the outside of a bent single mode optical fibre and exposing a surface at a radius smaller than that of the radiation caustic, the leaky nature of the propagating mode is suppressed and bend loss is eliminated. In this paper the practical realisation of this effect is described, and a bend radius of 0.50 mm on standard telecommunications fibre is demonstrated with negligible loss.
Keywords :
bending; optical communication equipment; optical fibre cladding; optical fibre losses; 0.50 mm; bend loss removal; bent single mode fibres; cladding; leaky propagating mode; radiation caustic; Attenuation; Helium; Loss measurement; Materials science and technology; Optical fiber losses; Optical fibers; Optical propagation; Propagation losses; Refractive index; Telecommunication standards;
Conference_Titel :
Fibres and Optical Passive Components, 2005. Proceedings of 2005 IEEE/LEOS Workshop on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8949-2
DOI :
10.1109/WFOPC.2005.1462144
