Title :
Impact of mechanical splice on multi-pass interference near cut-off wavelength
Author :
Matsui, Takashi ; Nakajima, Kazuhide ; Goto, Yukihiro ; Kurashima, Toshio
Author_Institution :
Access Network Service Syst. Labs., NTT Corp., Tsukuba, Japan
Abstract :
We investigate multi-pass interference (MPI) degradation at mechanical splices experimentally. A Monte-Carlo simulation reveals MPI degradation for multiple cascaded splices at less than cut-off wavelength because of the accumulation of higher-order modes.
Keywords :
Monte Carlo methods; light interference; optical fibres; MPI degradation; Monte-Carlo simulation; cut-off wavelength; higher-order modes; mechanical splice; multipass interference; multiple cascaded splices; Indexes;
Conference_Titel :
Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference (OECC), 2011 16th
Conference_Location :
Kaohsiung
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-288-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-986-02-8974-9
