• DocumentCode
    378468
  • Title

    Ultra-wideband response in Co2+-doped fiber attenuators

  • Author

    Nouchi, Kentaro ; Matsuyama, Eiji ; Morishita, Yuichi ; Tanimoto, Gen

  • Author_Institution
    Showa Electr. Wire & Cable Co. Ltd., Kanagawa, Japan
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    2001
  • Firstpage
    382
  • Abstract
    We developed a Co2+-doped fiber attenuator with a double-structure core, which has a flat wideband attenuation spectrum from 1250 to 1650 nm. The high power endurance of the attenuator was confirmed at 1 W for 168 hours.
  • Keywords
    attenuators; cobalt; optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; wavelength division multiplexing; 1 W; 1250 to 1650 nm; 168 hour; Co2+-doped fiber attenuators; DWDM networks; dense wavelength division multiplexing; double-structure core; flat wideband attenuation spectrum; high power endurance; ultra-wideband response; Assembly; Attenuation measurement; Fluctuations; Light sources; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber testing; Optimized production technology; Refractive index; Ultra wideband technology;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication, 2001. ECOC '01. 27th European Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-6705-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECOC.2001.989676
  • Filename
    989676