Abstract:
A multi-core optical fiber includes a plurality of core portions, and a cladding portion positioned at outer peripheries of the plurality of core portions, the cladding portion having a refractive index lower than a maximum refractive index of each of the core portions, in which each of the core portions propagates light only with predetermined number, which is equal to or greater than 2, of propagation modes, and an effective core area at wavelength of 1550 nm of each of the propagation modes is equal to or greater than 120 μm2.
Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a photonic bandgap fiber, which includes: a core portion; and a cladding portion that is formed around the core portion and has holes arranged to form a photonic crystal in which the core portion is a crystal defect, includes: forming a preform by inserting, into a jacket tube, hexagonal capillary tubes having tube-holes shapes and outer shapes that are both approximately hexagonal; and drawing the preform.
Abstract:
An optical fiber includes a core portion and a cladding portion that is formed around an outer periphery of the core portion and has a refractive index lower than a maximum refractive index of the core portion. As characteristics at a wavelength of 1550 nm, an effective core area in a fundamental propagation mode is 120 μm2 or larger, an effective core area in a first higher-order propagation mode is 150 μm2 or larger, an effective core area in a second higher-order propagation mode is 180 μm2 or larger. An effective refractive index in the second higher-order propagation mode is larger than the refractive index of the cladding portion by 0.0002 or more, and an effective refractive index in a third higher-order propagation mode is less than the refractive index of the cladding portion.
Abstract:
An optical fiber includes: a core portion; a side core layer circumferentially surrounding the core portion; a cladding portion circumferentially surrounding the side core layer; and a coating layer circumferentially surrounding the cladding portion. When an average maximum relative refractive-index difference of the core portion to an average refractive index of the cladding portion is Δ1, a relative refractive-index difference of an average refractive index of the side core layer to the average refractive index of the cladding portion is Δ2, a relative refractive-index difference of the average refractive index of the cladding portion to pure silica glass is ΔClad, Δ1 >ΔClad>Δ2 and 0>Δ2 hold, the Δ1 is 0.18% or more and 0.24% or less, the Δ2 is −0.27% or more and −0.12% or less, and (Δ1−Δ2) is 0.36% or more and 0.45% or less.
Abstract:
An optical fiber includes: a core portion made of glass; and a cladding portion made of glass, having a refractive index lower than the refractive index of the core portion, and positioned on an outer periphery of the core portion. Further, the cladding portion has an outer diameter smaller than 100 μm, and the core portion has a relative refractive-index difference of 0.32% to 0.40% with respect to the cladding portion.
Abstract:
An optical fiber includes: a core portion; a side core layer surrounding a circumference of the core portion; and a cladding portion surrounding a circumference of the side core layer. Relations, Δ1 > ΔClad > Δ2 and 0 > Δ2, hold, where Δ1 denotes an average maximum relative refractive-index difference of the core portion with respect to an average refractive index of the cladding portion, Δ2 denotes a relative refractive-index difference of an average refractive index of the side core layer with respect to the average relative refractive index of the cladding portion, and ΔClad denotes a relative refractive-index difference of the average refractive index of the cladding portion with respect to pure quartz glass, Δ1 is 0.24% or more and 0.30% or less, Δ2 is -0.27% or more and -0.08% or less, (Δ1 - Δ2) is 0.36% or more and 0.57% or less.
Abstract:
An optical amplifying fiber includes: at least one core portion including a rare earth element added therein; an inner cladding portion surrounding the at least one core portion, the inner cladding portion having a refractive index lower than a maximum refractive index of the at least one core portion; and an outer cladding portion surrounding the inner cladding portion, the outer cladding portion having a refractive index lower than the refractive index of the inner cladding portion, the inner cladding portion including different refractive index regions each having a refractive index different from a refractive index of a region adjacent to that different refractive index region.
Abstract:
A multi-core fiber includes: a plurality of core portions each including a central core portion, an intermediate layer formed on an outer periphery of the central core portion, and a trench layer formed on an outer periphery of the intermediate layer; and a cladding portion formed on an outer periphery of the plurality of core portions, wherein in each of the plurality of core portions, Δ1>Δ2>Δ3 and 0%>Δ3>−0.3% are satisfied, where Δ1 is an average maximum relative refractive-index difference of the central core portion, Δ2 is an average relative refractive-index difference of the intermediate layer, and Δ3 is an average relative refractive-index difference of the trench layer, with respect to the cladding portion.
Abstract:
An optical fiber includes: a central core portion; an intermediate layer; a trench layer; and a cladding portion. Further, Δ1>Δ2>Δ3 and 0>Δ3 are satisfied, where Δ1 is a relative refractive-index difference of the central core portion, Δ2 is a relative refractive-index difference of the intermediate layer, and Δ3 is a relative refractive-index difference of the trench layer with respect to the cladding portion, respectively, and (c−b) is smaller than 4.5 μm when Δ1 is equal to or larger than 0.36% and equal to or smaller than 0.40%, Δ2 is equal to or larger than −0.05% and equal to or smaller than 0.05%, |Δ3| is equal to or smaller than 0.25%, Δ1×|Δ3| is equal to or smaller than 0.08%2, an inner diameter of the trench layer is 2b, and an outer diameter of the trench layer is 2c.
Abstract:
An optical fiber includes: a core portion made of glass; a cladding portion that is located on an outer periphery of the core portion and that is made of glass having a lower refractive index than a refractive index of the core portion; and a coating portion that covers an outer periphery of the cladding portion. Further, an average value of a relative refractive-index difference of a center core of the core portion is 0.1 to 0.5%, a fiber diameter including the coating portion is equal to or smaller than 220 μm, an effective cutoff wavelength is longer than 1260 nm and smaller than 1530 nm, and a mode field diameter of light at 1550 nm is equal to or larger than 9 μm.