Chanclou et al., 2001 - Google Patents

Expanded single mode fiber

Chanclou et al., 2001

Document ID
11964438599586849041
Author
Chanclou P
Gravey P
Thual M
Publication year
Publication venue
Optical Fiber Communication Conference

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We present a solution to maintain an expanded mode in the extremity of a single mode fiber by using a piece of multimode step index fiber. With a 25 μm spot size, the average connection loss is 0.36 dB (without Fresnel reflection) for a multimode section length inferior …
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