• DocumentCode
    1653450
  • 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
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6325651
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1653450