Ultra-large-core single-mode fiber for optical communications: the segmented cladding fiber

Author

Chiang, Kin S. ; Rastogi, Vipul

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., City Univ. of Hong Kong, China

fYear

2002

fDate

17-22 Mar 2002

Firstpage

620

Lastpage

621

Abstract

In conclusion, we have analyzed a 50 μm-core segmented cladding fiber, which is capable of providing single-mode operation from 0.90 μm to 1.70 μm. We have elucidated the physical principle of the fiber with the radial effective index method whose accuracy has been confirmed with the finite-element method. The effective core area of the fiber is larger than those of any other large-core fiber designs by at least one or two orders of magnitude. We believe that we have opened up a new approach of designing ultra-large-core single-mode fibers for optical communications. The chromatic dispersion of the fiber and its control, as well as the bending loss and other practical issues are being studied.

Keywords

finite element analysis; measurement errors; optical fibre cladding; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre losses; optical fibre theory; refractive index; 0.90 to 1.70 micron; 50 micron; accuracy; bending loss; chromatic dispersion control; effective core area; finite-element method; large-core fiber designs; physical principle; radial effective index method; segmented cladding fiber; single-mode operation; ultra-large-core single-mode fiber optical communications; ultra-large-core single-mode fibers; Dispersion; Finite element methods; Optical fiber communication; Periodic structures;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 2002. OFC 2002

Print_ISBN

1-55752-701-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.2002.1036602

Filename

1036602