摘要:
A detection system comprising: (i) an optical fiber, the optical fiber having (a) a length L≧1 km; (b) beat length between 10 m and 100 m; and (c) beat length uniformity over any distance of at least 100 m within the length L is characterized by standard deviation σ, where |σ|≦10 m; (ii) an OTDR coupled to the fiber and including (a) a radiation source providing pulsed radiation to the fiber, (b) a detection system capable of detecting radiation that is backscattered back through the fiber; and (iii) at least one polarizer situated between the fiber and the detector, such that the backscattered radiation passes through the polarizer before reaching the detector.
摘要:
An optical fiber comprising: a glass core extending from a centerline to a radius R1; a glass cladding surrounding and in contact with the core, the cladding comprising: a first annular region extending from R1 to a radius R2, the first annular region comprising a radial width, W2=R2−R1, a second annular region extending from R2 to a radius R3, the second annular region comprising a radial width, W3=R3−R2, and a third annular region extending from R3 to an outermost glass radius R4; wherein (i) the core comprises a maximum relative refractive index, Δ1MAX, relative to the third annular region; (ii) wherein the first annular region comprises a radial width W2; and (iii) the second annular region comprises a minimum relative refractive index, Δ3MIN, relative to the third annular region wherein Δ1MAX>Δ2MAX>Δ3MIN, and Δ2MIN>Δ3MIN; and the core and the cladding provide a fiber with cable cutoff less than 1500 nm, dispersion at 1550 nm less than 12 ps/nm/km, effective area at 1550 nm greater than 60 μm2, and preferably greater than 70 μm2. The second annular cladding region may contain a plurality of randomly dispersed holes.
摘要:
A double-clad optical fiber includes a core, an inner cladding and an outer cladding of silica-based glass. The core may have a radius of less than about 5 μm, a first index of refraction n1 and does not contain any active rare-earth dopants. The inner cladding may surround the core and includes a radial thickness of at least about 25 μm, a numerical aperture of at least about 0.25, and a second index of refraction n2 such that n2
摘要:
An optical fiber includes a core and a cladding, said cladding having a refractive index nc a first coating directly contacting the cladding of said fiber, said coating having a thickness of less than 10 microns, said coating having a refractive index delta %=100×(ni2−nc2)/2ni2 less than −1 percent. In another aspect, an optical fiber includes a core and a cladding, said cladding having a refractive index nc, a first coating directly contacting the cladding of said fiber, said fiber comprising a glass diameter less than 100 microns, said coating having a thickness of at least 8 microns, said coating having a refractive index delta %=100×(ni2−nc2)/2ni2 less than −1 percent.
摘要:
An optical fiber, comprising: (i) a core having a core center and a radius or a width a, (ii) a cladding surrounding the core, and (iii) at least one stress member situated proximate to the fiber core within the cladding, said stress member comprising silica co-doped with F and at least one dopant selected from the list consisting of: GeO2, P2O5, Y2O3, TiO2 and Al2O3, wherein distance b between the stress member and the core center satisfies the following equation: 1≦b/a
摘要翻译:1.一种光纤,包括:(i)具有芯中心和半径或宽度a的芯,(ii)围绕所述芯的包层,以及(iii)至少一个应力构件,位于所述包层内的所述纤维芯附近 所述应力构件包括与F共掺的二氧化硅和选自GeO2,P2O5,Y2O3,TiO2和Al2O3中的至少一种掺杂剂,其中应力构件和核心中心之间的距离b满足以下等式:1 <= b / a <2。
摘要:
A method for measuring fundamental mode cutoff wavelength of single polarization fiber comprising: (i) launching pulsed light of at least one wavelength λi into one end of the single polarization fiber; (ii) measuring backscattered light intensity corresponding to said wavelength to obtain the backscattered light intensity as a function of fiber position, wherein the backscattered light propagates through the same end of the fiber; and (iii) determining at least one cutoff wavelength and the corresponding position within said fiber for the cutoff wavelength, based on a specified threshold light intensity level.
摘要:
A method for measuring longitudinal variation in chromatic dispersion in an optical fiber, comprising: (i) launching into a first end and a second end of optical fiber an optical signal at a wavelength λ1 to collect backscatter power P(z) for different positions z within said optical fiber and providing measured OTDR backscatter traces; (ii) deriving from the measured OTDR backscatter traces at the single OTDR wavelength λ1 either (a) the longitudinal MFD(z) data or (b) the relative MFD data; and (iii) calculating estimated longitudinal dispersion D(z) from the longitudinal MFD(z) data or the relative MFD data, without utilizing any other wavelength data.
摘要:
An optical fiber that includes a central core having a maximum dimension (A) greater than a minimum dimension (B), preferably with an aspect ratio greater than 1.5, the fiber having at least one air hole positioned on opposite sides of the central core and extending along the fiber's length wherein the fiber supports a single polarization mode within an operating wavelength band. The fiber may be coupled to optical components in systems to provide single polarization in the band. A method for manufacturing the fiber is also provided.
摘要:
According to the present invention the optical fiber includes a core with a first refractive index (n1) and the innermost core region with the refractive index n0, a cladding surrounding the core, the cladding having a third refractive index (n3), wherein n1>n3 and n0 n2. It is preferable that at least one of the core, innermost core region and/or moat has a non-circular shape.
摘要翻译:根据本发明,光纤包括具有第一折射率(n <1> 1)的核心和折射率为n <0的最内芯区域,围绕 芯,所述包层具有第三折射率(n 3/3),其中n 1 n 3 n 3和n 0 sub > SUB>。 根据一些实施例,光纤还可以包括环绕并邻接芯并且位于芯和包层之间的护城河,护城河具有第二折射率(n2> 2),其中n < SUB> 3 SUB> n <2> SUB>。 优选核心,最内芯区域和/或护城河中的至少一个具有非圆形形状。