Ultrawide-band single-mode transmission performance in a low-loss photonic crystal fiber

Author

Nakajima, K. ; Jian Zhou ; Tajima, K. ; Kurokawa, K. ; Fukai, C. ; Sankawa, I.

Author_Institution

NTT Access Network Service Syst. Labs., NTT Corp., Ibaraki, Japan

Volume

23

Issue

1

fYear

2005

Firstpage

7

Lastpage

12

Abstract

We describe the ultrawide-band single-mode transmission performance of a photonic crystal fiber (PCF) in the 850 to 1550 nm wavelength range. We confirmed that the fabricated PCF achieves a single-mode operation over the 850 to 1550 nm wavelength range by measuring the mode-field diameter (MFD) and modal delay characteristics. The 10-Gb/s-based wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) signals with a total capacity of 190 Gb/s were successfully transmitted over a 5.2-km low-loss PCF utilizing the 850, 1310, and 1550 nm regions simultaneously. Our experimental results show that an endlessly single-mode PCF provides an ultrawide-band of more than 160 THz for future optical communication systems.

Keywords

optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre losses; photonic crystals; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; 190 Gbit/s; 5.2 km; 850 to 1550 nm; chromatic dispersion; low-loss fiber; modal delay characteristics; mode-field diameter; optical communication systems; photonic crystal fiber; single-mode transmission; ultrawide-band transmission; wavelength-division multiplexing; Attenuation; Bandwidth; Chromatic dispersion; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Photonic crystal fibers; Propagation delay; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wavelength measurement; Chromatic dispersion; endlessly single-mode; optical attenuation; photonic crystal fiber; wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2004.840052

Filename

1377425