Title :
Evaluation of High-Power Endurance of Bend-Insensitive Fibers
Author :
Takenaga, Katsuhiro ; Omori, Sho ; Goto, R. ; Tanigawa, S. ; Matsuo, Shoichiro ; Himeno, K.
Author_Institution :
Opt. & Electron. Lab., Fujikura Ltd., Chiba, Japan
Abstract :
We examined high power endurance of single-mode fibers including bend-insensitive fibers. The bend-insensitive fibers have effective suppression of fiber-temperature increase under tight bending. Trench index profile does not influence on threshold powers for fiber fuse propagation.
Keywords :
bending; optical fibre losses; bend-insensitive fibers; bending losses; fuse propagation; high power endurance; single-mode fibers; trench index profile; Coatings; Fuses; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber losses; Optical fiber testing; Optical fibers; Optical propagation; Power measurement; Samarium; Temperature;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-856-8
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528147
