Abstract:
An optical fiber (1) includes (i) an inner core (111) whose refractive index distribution has an a profile, (ii) an outer core (112) which surrounds the inner core (111), and (iii) a clad (12) which surrounds the outer core (112). In the optical fiber (1), Rd is set to not less than 0.15, where Rd is a ratio of a refractive index difference between the outer core (112) and the clad (12) to a refractive index difference between a center part of the inner core (111) and the clad (12).
Abstract:
An optical fiber alignment device includes an image-capturing device capturing images of end surfaces of two optical fibers; an image-analyzing device obtaining position coordinates of two or more cores in the end surfaces from the image captured by the image-capturing device for each of the two optical fibers; a calculation device substituting the position coordinates of the cores obtained for each of the optical fibers in a theoretical equation that represents a total sum of axial deviation losses at the time of splicing the cores to each other, the calculation device obtaining a positional relationship between the end surfaces of the optical fibers from the theoretical equation such that the total sum of the axial deviation losses becomes a minimum; and a driving device arranging the optical fibers such that the end surfaces of the optical fibers satisfy the positional relationship obtained by the calculation device.
Abstract:
An optical fiber which allows propagation of two or more modes, and in a case where a mode coupling coefficient between at least two modes among the two or more modes is h [1/km], the length of the optical fiber is z [km], and the amount XT of coupling between the two modes is represented by XT=10·log10(zh) [dB], the amount XT of coupling satisfies Expression (A) described below. XT≧+14 [dB] (A)