Title :
New propagation mode of fiber fuse with a long-period damage track in hole-assisted fiber (HAF)
Author :
Hanzawa, Nobutomo ; Kurokawa, Kenji ; Tsujikawa, Kyozo ; Takenaga, Katsuhiro ; Tanigawa, Shoji ; Matsuo, Shoichiro ; Tomita, Shigeru
Author_Institution :
NTT Access Network Service Syst. Labs., NTT Corp., Tsukuba, Japan
Abstract :
We observed a new fiber fuse propagation mode in HAF with an approximately 30 times larger period than that in SMF. We made the first observation of a new fiber fuse threshold power (upper threshold).
Keywords :
arcs (electric); holey fibres; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; plasma light propagation; HAF; arc discharge; fiber fuse propagation mode; fiber fuse threshold power; high-density plasma; hole-assisted fiber; long-period damage track; optical discharge; optical fiber communication; Arc discharges; Fuses; Laboratories; Light sources; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber testing; Optical fibers; Optical propagation; Structural engineering;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2010 Conference on (OFC/NFOEC)
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-884-1
