• DocumentCode
    3010770
  • Title

    Bandwidth Performance of W-shaped Plastic Optical Fiber and Its Stability under Static Microbending

  • Author

    Aoyagi, Kenichi ; Ishiyama, Yorichika ; Ishigure, Takaaki ; Koike, Yasuhiro

  • Author_Institution
    Keio Univ., Kawasaki
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Bandwidth performance stability of GI and W-shaped plastic optical fibers (POFs) under physical distortion (e.g. microbending) is compared. It is demonstrated W-shaped POF has higher stability of bandwidth than GI POF against fiber microbending.
  • Keywords
    optical fibres; W-shaped plastic optical fiber; fiber microbending; static microbending; Bandwidth; Degradation; Optical distortion; Optical fibers; Optical interconnections; Optical polymers; Optical pulses; Plastics; Refractive index; Stability;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452929
  • Filename
    4452929