Title :
Evaluation of fiber fuse characteristics of hole-assisted fiber for high power optical transmission systems
Author :
Takara, H. ; Masuda, H. ; Kanbara, H. ; Abe, Y. ; Miyamoto, Y. ; Nagase, R. ; Morioka, T. ; Matsuoka, S. ; Shimizu, M. ; Hagimoto, K.
Author_Institution :
Network Innovation Labs., NTT Corp., Yokosuka, Japan
Abstract :
We evaluate fiber fuse characteristics of bend-insensitive optical fibers and show that hole-assisted fiber (HAF) is applicable as fiber fuse stopper in high-power optical transmission systems. We also clarify fiber fuse stopping mechanism of HAF.
Keywords :
holey fibres; bend-insensitive optical fibers; fiber fuse characteristics; fiber fuse stopper; high-power optical transmission systems; hole-assisted fiber; Coatings; Fuses; Laboratories; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber testing; Optical fibers; Optical propagation; Optical pumping; Stimulated emission; Temperature;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2009. ECOC '09. 35th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Vienna
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5096-1
