Title :
Low-loss photonic crystal fibers
Author :
Tajima, K. ; Nakajima, K. ; Kurokawa, K. ; Yoshizawa, N. ; Ohashi, M.
Author_Institution :
NTT Access Network Service Syst. Labs., Ibaraki, Japan
Abstract :
The lowest loss has been achieved in two types of photonic crystal fibre (PCF) due to an improvement of fabrication process. Optical loss at 1.55 μm wavelength was 1 dB/km and the Rayleigh scattering coefficient was 2 dB/km μm4 in the type 2 PCF. These results suggest a possibility of low-loss PCF comparable to that of conventional single-mode fibers.
Keywords :
Rayleigh scattering; optical fibre communication; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre losses; photonic crystals; 1.55 micron; Rayleigh scattering coefficient; fibre fabrication process; low-loss photonic crystal fibers; optical fibre loss; single-mode fibers; Absorption; Contamination; Glass; Optical fiber losses; Optical fiber networks; Optical losses; Optical materials; Optical scattering; Propagation losses; Silicon compounds;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 2002. OFC 2002
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-701-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2002.1036529
