Multiple-cladding fibers with reduced bend loss
Date
2007-03-14
Authors
Tomljenovic-Hanic, Snjezana
Bulla, Douglas
Ankiewicz, Adrian
Love, John D.
Bailey, Ron
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Optical Society of America
Abstract
We demonstrate that a highly bend-resistant fiber can be realized. It is shown theoretically that, by introducing
both depressed and elevated rings into the cladding, bending loss can be reduced significantly. A fiber based
on this design has been fabricated and characterized as a first step toward achieving this goal. The results
show that a multiple-cladding fiber is highly bend resistant when compared with the standard telecom single-mode
fiber.
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bend-resistant, fiber, cladding, depressed, elevated, rings
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Journal of the Optical Society of America A
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Open Access