Title :
Positive-medial dispersion fiber of ring-core profile with attenuation as low as 0.210 dB/km and Aeff about 125 /spl mu/m/sup 2/
Author :
Imamura, Katsuriori ; Mukasa, Kaznuori ; Yagi, Takeshi
Author_Institution :
R&D Div., Furukawa Electr. Co. Ltd., Chiba, Japan
Abstract :
Attenuation of positive-medial dispersion fiber using a ring-core profile has been successfully decreased from 0.240 dB/km to 0.210 dB/km keeping large Aeff as 125 /spl mu/m/sup 2/. Attenuation of P-MDF using a conventional profile was also decreased as low as 0.180 dB/km.
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre testing; wavelength division multiplexing; attenuation; dispersion management transmission line; long-haul WDM transmission; positive-medial dispersion fiber; ring-core profile;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-772-5
