Universal single-mode dispersion-flattened fluoride fibre designed for optimum performance from 1.5 to 2.9μm

7 July 1988

journal article
Published by Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in Electronics Letters

Vol. 24 (14) , 879-880
https://doi.org/10.1049/el:19880599

Abstract

A simple step-index with depressed-cladding single-mode fluoride fibre gives excellent dispersion flattening over a broad spectral range, 1.5–2.9μm. The extrinsic losses due to macrobending, microbending and splicing are also minimised. This design enables the use of fluoride fibres at ̃1.55μm and later can be upgraded to 2.55μm, where predicted losses are significantly less than those of silica fibres at 1.55μm.

Keywords

STEP-INDEX
EXTRINSIC LOSSES
OPTICAL COMMUNICATION
MACROBENDING
1.5 TO 2.9 MICRON
MICROBENDING
SPLICING
FLUORIDE FIBRE
LOSS MINIMISATION
DEPRESSED-CLADDING
SINGLE-MODE
OPTIMUM PERFORMANCE
DISPERSION FLATTENING
OPTICAL FIBRES

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