Abstract:
An optical fiber, including (i) an inner core having an α-power refractive index profile, (ii) an outer core having a refractive index of n1′, and (iii) a cladding having a refractive index of n2 (n1′
Abstract:
An optical fiber (1) includes (i) an inner core (111) whose refractive index distribution has an α 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, including (i) an inner core having an α-power refractive index profile, (ii) an outer core having a refractive index of n1′, and (iii) a cladding having a refractive index of n2 (n1′
Abstract:
A measurement method for measuring an effective refractive index difference between two propagation modes of a multimode fiber is provided. The method includes: measuring a first Brillouin frequency shift v1 by specifying a frequency having a lowest-frequency peak out of peaks in a first frequency spectrum of scattered light in a first propagation mode; measuring a second Brillouin frequency shift v2 by specifying a frequency having a lowest-frequency peak out of peaks in a second frequency spectrum of scattered light in a second propagation mode; and calculating an effective refractive index difference Δneff in accordance with Δneff=(v1−v2)/(2kVL) with use of the first Brillouin frequency shift v1, the second Brillouin frequency shift v2, a predetermined wave number k of light in a vacuum, and a predetermined constant VL.
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:
Optical fibers Fp, Fn, included in a light transmission path, are two-mode optical fibers for propagating an LP01 mode component and an LP11 mode component contained in signal light, and a gradient dΔτ/dλ of a mode dispersion Δτ with respect to a wavelength λ in a wavelength band of 1530 nm to 1625 nm is |0.5| ps/km/nm or less. Symbols of mode dispersions Δτ of the optical fibers Fp, Fn are opposite to each other. The light transmission path can satisfactorily compensate the mode dispersion in a wide wavelength band.
Abstract:
A measurement method for measuring an effective refractive index difference between two propagation modes of a multimode fiber is provided. The method includes: measuring a first Brillouin frequency shift ν1 by specifying a frequency having a lowest-frequency peak out of peaks in a first frequency spectrum of scattered light in a first propagation mode; measuring a second Brillouin frequency shift ν2 by specifying a frequency having a lowest-frequency peak out of peaks in a second frequency spectrum of scattered light in a second propagation mode; and calculating an effective refractive index difference Δneff in accordance with Δneff=(ν1−ν2)/(2kVL) with use of the first Brillouin frequency shift ν1, the second Brillouin frequency shift ν2, a predetermined wave number k of light in a vacuum, and a predetermined constant VL.
Abstract:
Optical fibers Fp, Fn, included in a light transmission path, are two-mode optical fibers for propagating an LP01 mode component and an LP11 mode component contained in signal light, and a gradient dΔτ/dλ of a mode dispersion Δτ with respect to a wavelength λ in a wavelength band of 1530 nm to 1625 nm is |0.5| ps/km/nm or less. Symbols of mode dispersions Δτ of the optical fibers Fp, Fn are opposite to each other. The light transmission path can satisfactorily compensate the mode dispersion in a wide wavelength band.