• DocumentCode
    421233
  • Title

    Reduction in optical loss of conventional and photonic crystal fibers

  • Author

    Tsujikawa, K. ; Tajiraa, K. ; Zhou, J.

  • Author_Institution
    NTT Access Network Service Syst. Laboratories, Chiba-shi, Japan
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    23-27 Feb. 2004
  • Firstpage
    719
  • Abstract
    We reevaluate the intrinsic losses of silica-based optical fibers at 0.095 - 0.130 dB/km at 1.55 /spl mu/m, and describe the impact of loss reduction in conventional and photonic crystal fibers on wavelength-division-multiplexing transmission systems.
  • Keywords
    optical fibre communication; optical fibre losses; optical fibre testing; photonic crystals; wavelength division multiplexing; 1.55 mum; intrinsic losses; loss reduction; photonic crystal fibers; silica-based optical fibers; wavelength-division-multiplexing transmission systems;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004
  • Conference_Location
    Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-772-5
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1359632