Title :
Low bending-loss fiber using cladding diameter optimization
Author :
Goto, Yukihiro ; Nakajima, Kazuhide ; Kurashima, Toshio
Author_Institution :
Access Network Service Syst. Labs., NTT Corp., Tsukuba, Japan
Abstract :
We numerically clarify the relationship between cutoff wavelength and cladding diameter and derive simple empirical relationship for a step index fiber. A single-mode fiber with lower bending-loss can easily obtained by optimizing the cladding diameter.
Keywords :
bending; optical fibre cladding; optical losses; optimisation; bending-loss fiber; cladding diameter optimization; cutoff wavelength; empirical relationship; single-mode fiber; step index fiber; Indexes; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Optimization; Propagation losses;
Conference_Titel :
Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference (OECC), 2012 17th
Conference_Location :
Busan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0976-9
Electronic_ISBN :
2166-8884
DOI :
10.1109/OECC.2012.6276643
