Title :
Single-mode-fibre design for 4 ¿m band operation
Author_Institution :
CNET, MER/FOG, Lannion, France
Abstract :
The splicing and cabling added loss are evaluated for 4 ¿m-wavelength single-mode fibres. It is shown that splice offset and microbending losses are critical and that high index differences are required. Added losses are small as 0.01 dB/km can be obtained with careful fibre design and handling.
Keywords :
losses; optical fibres; 4 mu m band operation; cabling; microbending losses; single mode fibre design; splicing;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19810393
