Title :
Compact PM-HNLF module with increased SBS threshold having −29 dB polarization crosstalk
Author :
Takahashi, Masanori ; Takasaka, Shigehiro ; Gonda, Tomohiro ; Sugizaki, Ryuichi
Author_Institution :
FITEL Photonics Lab., Furukawa Electr. Co. Ltd., Chiba, Japan
Abstract :
SBS threshold of PM-HNLF is increased by 4.5 dB due to longitudinal distribution of GeO2 concentration. The 200 m long PM-HNLF is packaged into a credit card sized module with polarization crosstalk of -29 dB.
Keywords :
germanium compounds; nonlinear optics; optical crosstalk; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; packaging; stimulated Brillouin scattering; GeO2; PM-HNLF module; SBS threshold; distance 200 m; polarization crosstalk; polarization maintaining highly nonlinear fiber; stimulated Brillouin scattering; Bit error rate; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical wavelength conversion; Scattering;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0262-3