Characterization and fusion splicing of single-mode photonic crystal fibers

Author

Borzycki, Krzysztof ; Schuster, Kay

Author_Institution

Nat. Inst. of Telecommun. (NIT), Warsaw, Poland

fYear

2013

fDate

9-13 Sept. 2013

Firstpage

31

Lastpage

34

Abstract

Characterization of two single mode silica photonic crystal fibers strongly doped with GeO₂ included also arc fusion splicing to standard single mode fibers for connections to test instruments, made successfully with machine designed for telecom fibers. Tested with OTDR, both fibers exhibited very strong backscattering and fairly high attenuation: 45-70 dB/km at 1310 nm and 1550 nm. Despite very similar design, their polarization mode dispersion (PMD) differed significantly (1127 ps/km and 118 ps/km) and was apparently produced by different mechanisms, as suggested by dependence on temperature and fiber twist.

Keywords

backscatter; germanium compounds; holey fibres; optical design techniques; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre testing; optical time-domain reflectometry; photonic crystals; silicon compounds; splicing; OTDR; PMD; SiO₂:GeO₂; arc fusion splicing; attenuation; backscattering; fiber twist; polarization mode dispersion; single mode silica photonic crystal fibers; standard single mode fibers; telecom fibers; temperature dependence; wavelength 1310 nm; wavelength 1550 nm; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber testing; Photonic crystal fibers; Splicing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced Optoelectronics and Lasers (CAOL), 2013 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Sudak

ISSN

2160-1518

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-0016-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CAOL.2013.6657516

Filename

6657516