Title :
Ultra low nonlinearity low loss pure silica core fiber for long-haul WDM transmission
Author :
Kato, T. ; Hirano, M. ; Onishi, M. ; Nishimura, M.
Author_Institution :
Res. Labs., Sumitomo Electr. Ind. Ltd., Yokohama, Japan
Abstract :
A new design of pure silica core fiber with an effective area over 110 /spl mu/m/sup 2/ and attenuation of 0.171 dB/km at 1.55 /spl mu/m has been successfully developed. It exhibits ultra low nonlinearity and excellent bending loss performance.
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre losses; wavelength division multiplexing; 1.55 micron; WDM transmission; attenuation; bending loss performance; long-haul transmission; low loss optical fiber; pure silica core fiber; ultra low nonlinearity; Attenuation; Degradation; Laboratories; Optical fiber testing; Performance loss; Power transmission lines; Propagation losses; Refractive index; Silicon compounds; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Communications, 1999. APCC/OECC '99. Fifth Asia-Pacific Conference on ... and Fourth Optoelectronics and Communications Conference
Conference_Location :
Beijing, China
Print_ISBN :
7-5635-0402-8
DOI :
10.1109/APCC.1999.820589
