Title :
OSNR-enhancing pure-silica-core fiber with large effective area and low attenuation
Author :
Yamamoto, Yoshinori ; Hirano, Masaaki ; Kuwahara, Kazuya ; Sasaki, Takashi
Author_Institution :
Opt. Commun. R&D Labs., Sumitomo Electr. Ind., Ltd., Yokohama, Japan
Abstract :
Pure-silica-core fiber with large Aeff of 134 ¿m2 is designed to enhance OSNR considering splice loss to SSMF, and realized by appropriate depressed cladding profile and soft primary coating. It also exhibits low attenuation of 0.169 dB/km.
Keywords :
optical fibre cladding; optical fibre losses; silicon compounds; splicing; SiO2; cladding profile; effective area; single pure-silica-core fiber; soft primary coating; splice loss; standard single mode fiber; Attenuation; Coatings; Degradation; Optical attenuators; Optical design; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Optical noise; Research and development; Signal to noise ratio;
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
