Title :
Demonstration of an 11km hollow core photonic bandgap fiber for broadband low-latency data transmission
Author :
Chen, Y. ; Liu, Z. ; Sandoghchi, S.R. ; Jasion, G. ; Bradley, T.D. ; Numkam, E. ; Hayes, J.R. ; Wheeler, N.V. ; Gray, D.R. ; Mangan, B.J. ; Slavik, R. ; Poletti, F. ; Petrovich, M.N. ; Richardson, D.J.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Abstract :
We report the fabrication of a record 11km length of photonic bandgap fiber supporting >200nm bandwidth with longitudinally uniform loss of ≈5dB/km at 1560nm and demonstrate error-free, low-latency, direct-detection 10Gbit/s transmission across the entire C-Band.
Keywords :
holey fibres; optical fibre communication; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre losses; photonic band gap; C-band; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; broadband low-latency data transmission; distance 11 km; error-free low-latency direct-detection transmission; hollow core photonic bandgap fiber; longitudinally uniform loss; wavelength 1560 nm; Bandwidth; Data communication; Loss measurement; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers; Optimized production technology; Propagation losses;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2015
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
