Title :
Anomalous bend loss in large-mode area leakage channel fibers
Author :
Barankov, R.A. ; Wei, K. ; Samson, B. ; Ramachandran, S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Boston Univ., Boston, MA, USA
Abstract :
Large-mode-area leakage channel fibers, designed to suppress higher-order modes, demonstrate dramatic power loss at certain critical radii of curvature. Using C2 imaging, we experimentally characterize this anomaly, attributing it to resonant mode-coupling.
Keywords :
optical fibres; C2 imaging; anomalous bend loss; higher-order modes; large-mode area leakage channel fibers; power loss; resonant mode-coupling; Couplings; Delay; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fiber testing; Power generation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
