Title :
Macrobending indicator for evaluation of fiber macrobending and splice loss
Author :
Ryu, Shiro ; Yagi, Mikio
Author_Institution :
Network Technol. Div., SoftBank Telecom Corp., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
Detailed investigation of a macrobending indicator that expresses a degree of fiber macrobending is carried out. It has been made clear that the indicator is also effective for evaluating wavelength dependence of fusion splice loss.
Keywords :
bending; optical fibre losses; fiber macrobending; fusion splice loss; macrobending indicator; wavelength dependence; Bismuth; Loss measurement; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Optical losses; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
OptoElectronics and Communications Conference (OECC), 2010 15th
Conference_Location :
Sapporo
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6785-3
