Title :
Hole-assisted fiber design for small bending and splice losses
Author :
Nakajima, Kazuhide ; Hogari, Kazuo ; Zhou, Jian ; Tajima, Katsusuke ; Sankawa, Izumi
Author_Institution :
NTT Access Network Service Syst. Labs., NTT Corp., Ibaraki, Japan
Abstract :
This letter describes the bending and splice loss characteristics of hole-assisted fibers and reveals that the distance between the hole and the fiber core is a key parameter regarding these losses. We found that the normalized hole distance against the core radius must be two or greater for practical deployment.
Keywords :
optical fibre losses; optical fibre testing; refractive index; hole-assisted fiber design; normalized hole distance; small bending; splice losses; Connectors; Electronic mail; Holey fibers; Optical fiber losses; Optical fibers; Optical losses; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Petroleum; Preforms;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2003.819723
