Title :
Zero-mode dispersion in single-mode fibres
Author :
Gambling, W.A. ; Matsumura, Hiroshi ; Ragdale, C.M.
Author_Institution :
University of Southampton, Department of Electronics, Southampton, UK
Abstract :
Near cutoff the loss of the LP11-mode in cladded optical fibres becomes very high in the presence of even slight bends. Singlemode operation can thus be achieved with zero-mode dispersion as well as zero material dispersion, thus promising enormously large bandwidths.
Keywords :
optical dispersion; optical fibres; optical waveguide theory; cladded optical fibres; optical fibre transmission; single mode fibres; zero material dispersion; zero mode dispersion;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19780416
