Microbending effects in hollow-core photonic bandgap fibers

Konferenz: ECOC 2016 - 42nd European Conference on Optical Communication
18.09.2016 - 22.09.2016 in Düsseldorf, Deutschland

Tagungsband: ECOC 2016

Seiten: 3Sprache: EnglischTyp: PDF

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Autoren:
Numkam Fokoua, Eric; Chen, Yong; Richardson, David J.; Poletti, Francesco (Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK)

Inhalt:
We developed a model for the study of how microbends affect the operation of hollow-core photonic bandgap fibers. Increased loss due to intermodal coupling is predicted. Preliminary experimental observations are in good agreement with the model’s predictions.