• DocumentCode
    3526252
  • Title

    Ultra low nonlinearity low loss pure silica core fiber for long-haul WDM transmission

  • Author

    Kato, T. ; Hirano, M. ; Onishi, M. ; Nishimura, M.

  • Author_Institution
    Res. Labs., Sumitomo Electr. Ind. Ltd., Yokohama, Japan
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    18-22 Oct. 1999
  • Firstpage
    1575
  • Abstract
    A new design of pure silica core fiber with an effective area over 110 /spl mu/m/sup 2/ and attenuation of 0.171 dB/km at 1.55 /spl mu/m has been successfully developed. It exhibits ultra low nonlinearity and excellent bending loss performance.
  • Keywords
    optical fibre communication; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre losses; wavelength division multiplexing; 1.55 micron; WDM transmission; attenuation; bending loss performance; long-haul transmission; low loss optical fiber; pure silica core fiber; ultra low nonlinearity; Attenuation; Degradation; Laboratories; Optical fiber testing; Performance loss; Power transmission lines; Propagation losses; Refractive index; Silicon compounds; Wavelength division multiplexing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Communications, 1999. APCC/OECC '99. Fifth Asia-Pacific Conference on ... and Fourth Optoelectronics and Communications Conference
  • Conference_Location
    Beijing, China
  • Print_ISBN
    7-5635-0402-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/APCC.1999.820589
  • Filename
    820589