Title :
A Fluorine and Germanium Co-doped Multimode Fibre for Wide Operation Window
Author :
Guan, Ning ; Takenaga, Katsuhiro ; Matsuo, Shoichiro ; Himeno, Kuniharu
Author_Institution :
Fujikura Ltd., 1440, Mutsuzaki, Sakura, Chiba, 285-8550, Japan
Abstract :
A novel graded-index multimode fibre is proposed. Co-doping appropriately fluorine and germanium into silica makes the optimum index parameter alpha of the fibre much less dependent on wavelength and results in a wide operation window.
Keywords :
Bandwidth; Doping; Fabrication; Germanium; Local area networks; Optical fiber LAN; Optical fiber subscriber loops; Refractive index; Silicon compounds; Storage area networks;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications, 2006. ECOC 2006. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes, France
Print_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2006.4800874
