Title :
Ultra-wideband response in Co2+-doped fiber attenuators
Author :
Nouchi, Kentaro ; Matsuyama, Eiji ; Morishita, Yuichi ; Tanimoto, Gen
Author_Institution :
Showa Electr. Wire & Cable Co. Ltd., Kanagawa, Japan
Abstract :
We developed a Co2+-doped fiber attenuator with a double-structure core, which has a flat wideband attenuation spectrum from 1250 to 1650 nm. The high power endurance of the attenuator was confirmed at 1 W for 168 hours.
Keywords :
attenuators; cobalt; optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; wavelength division multiplexing; 1 W; 1250 to 1650 nm; 168 hour; Co2+-doped fiber attenuators; DWDM networks; dense wavelength division multiplexing; double-structure core; flat wideband attenuation spectrum; high power endurance; ultra-wideband response; Assembly; Attenuation measurement; Fluctuations; Light sources; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber testing; Optimized production technology; Refractive index; Ultra wideband technology;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2001. ECOC '01. 27th European Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6705-7
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2001.989676
