• DocumentCode
    1099447
  • Title

    The use of a quantitative differential mode delay technique to improve fiber bandwidth

  • Author

    Stone, F.T. ; Ritger, A.J. ; Head, E.D.

  • Author_Institution
    Bell Telephone Laboratories, Norcross, GA, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1983
  • fDate
    12/1/1983 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    585
  • Lastpage
    587
  • Abstract
    Three iterations of a simple quantitative differential mode delay (DMD) technique increased the bandwidth of multimode graded-index fibers at 1300 nm from an average of 530 MHz, km to an average of 1417 MHz . km. The bandwidth at other wavelengths showed a commensurate increase.
  • Keywords
    Optical fiber materials/fabrication; Bandwidth; Chemical vapor deposition; Delay; Optical fibers; Polynomials; Preforms; Telephony;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Lightwave Technology, Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0733-8724
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JLT.1983.1072155
  • Filename
    1072155