Title :
Silica-based Solid Photonic Band Gap Fibre with Attenuation Below 20 dB/km and Bandwidth Over 400 nm
Author :
Goto, Ryuichiro ; Takenaga, Katsuhiro ; Okada, Kenji ; Hamada, Takahiro ; Guan, Ning ; Matsuo, Shoichiro ; Himeno, Kuniharu
Author_Institution :
Optics and Electronics Laboratory, Fujikura Ltd. 1440 Mutsuzaki, Sakura, Chiba 285-8550, Japan, ryugoto@lab.fujikura.co.jp
Abstract :
We demonstrate a silica-based solid photonic band gap fibre with attenuation below 20 dB/km at 1520 nm. The bandwidth is over 400 nm and covers the entire telecom wavelength range from O-band to U-band.
Keywords :
Attenuation; Bandwidth; Glass; Lattices; Optical attenuators; Periodic structures; Photonic band gap; Silicon compounds; Solids; Telecommunications;
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.2006.4801420
