Title :
Comparison of microbending loss characteristics between LMA holey fibers and conventional LMA fibers
Author :
Tsuchida, Yukihiro ; Mukasa, Kazunori ; Yagi, Takeshi
Author_Institution :
Furukawa Electr. Co. Ltd., Chiba, Japan
Abstract :
We fabricated holey fibers with effective area of 130¿m2 and 150¿m2. Advantages of using holey fibers are demonstrated by comparing microbending loss properties with conventional step-index LMA fibers.
Keywords :
holey fibres; optical fibre losses; optical fibre networks; waveguide discontinuities; holey fibers; large mode area optical fibers; microbending loss characteristics; step-index LMA fibers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Hafnium; Holey fibers; Optical design; Optical fiber losses; Optical fibers; Photonic crystal fibers; Solids; Wavelength division multiplexing; Yagi-Uda antennas;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2010 Conference on (OFC/NFOEC)
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-884-1
