DocumentCode
2161283
Title
Fusion-spliced highly nonlinear soft-glass W-type index profiled fibre with ultra-flattened, low dispersion profile in 1.55μm telecommunication window
Author
Feng, Xian ; Shi, Jindan ; Ponzo, Giorgio M. ; Poletti, Francesco ; Petrovich, Marco N. ; White, Nicholas M. ; Petropoulos, Periklis ; Ibsen, Morten ; Loh, Wei H. ; Richardson, David J.
Author_Institution
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
fYear
2011
fDate
18-22 Sept. 2011
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
We report arc fusion splicing of highly nonlinear soft glass fibre with a flattened, near-zero dispersion profile at 1.55μm to conventional silica fibre. Reasonable splice loss values and watt-level power handling are demonstrated.
Keywords
optical fibre communication; splicing; W-type index profiled fibre; arc fusion splicing; conventional silica fibre; fusion-spliced highly nonlinear soft-glass; highly nonlinear soft glass fibre; low dispersion profile; near-zero dispersion profile; reasonable splice loss values; size 1.55 mum; telecommunication window; ultra-flattened profile; watt-level power handling; Glass; Lead; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers; Silicon compounds;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2011 37th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location
Geneva
ISSN
Pending
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-1918-9
Type
conf
Filename
6066053
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