Title :
Estimation of effective cutoff wavelength of bend-insensitive fiber by angular splice loss measurement
Author :
Htein, Lin ; Fan, Weiwei ; Ju, Seongmin ; Watekar, Pramod R. ; Han, Won-Taek
Author_Institution :
Grad. Program of Photonics & Appl. Phys., Gwangju Inst. of Sci. & Technol. (GIST), Gwangju, South Korea
Abstract :
Effective cutoff wavelength of bend insensitive fiber was estimated by measuring the angular splice loss as a function of wavelength. More accurate effective cutoff wavelength was obtained by the near-field method than the far-field method.
Keywords :
optical fibre losses; optical fibre testing; angular splice loss measurement; bend-insensitive fiber; cutoff wavelength estimation; near-field method; Loss measurement; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber losses; Optical fiber theory; Optical variables measurement; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
OptoElectronics and Communications Conference (OECC), 2010 15th
Conference_Location :
Sapporo
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6785-3
