Title :
Novel dispersion compensating fiber with fluorine-doped cladding for simultaneous realization of high dispersion compensation efficiency and low attenuation
Author :
Sasaki, Takashi ; Makihara, Kazumasa ; Hirano, Masaaki ; Haruna, Tetsuya ; Kashiwada, Tomonori ; Hagihara, Shinjirou ; Onishi, Masashi
Author_Institution :
Sumitomo Electr. Ind. Ltd., Yokohama
Abstract :
Fluorine-doped cladding with a Delta- of -0.2% was employed for the dispersion compensation fiber with triple-cladding structure, which successfully realized the dispersion less than -300 ps/km/nm while keeping a figure of merit higher than 350 ps/nm/dB
Keywords :
fluorine; optical fibre cladding; optical fibre dispersion; dispersion compensating fiber; dispersion compensation efficiency; fiber attenuation; fluorine-doped cladding; triple-cladding structure; Attenuation; Glass; High speed optical techniques; Insertion loss; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber communication; Optical losses; Optical scattering; Silicon compounds; Temperature;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-803-9
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2006.215678
