摘要:
An optical fiber, comprising: (i) a rare earth doped silica based elongated core with a first refractive index (n1) with an aspect ratio of 1:5 to 1; (ii) a silica based moat abutting and at least substantially surrounding the core, the moat having a refractive index n2, wherein n2 n3; and n3>n2; (iv) a silica based outer cladding surrounding said inner cladding, the outer cladding having a fourth refractive index (n4), such that n4
摘要翻译:一种光纤,包括:(i)具有长宽比为1:5至1的第一折射率(n <1> 1)的稀土掺杂二氧化硅基细长芯; (ii)邻接并且至少基本上围绕所述芯的基于二氧化硅的护城河,所述护城河具有折射率n 2 N 2,其中n 2 ; (iii)围绕所述护城河的基于二氧化硅的内包层,所述内包层具有第三折射率(n 3/3),其中n 1 <3> n 3 < SUB>; 和n 3 3 sub> n 2; (iv)围绕所述内包层的基于二氧化硅的外包层,所述外包层具有第四折射率(n≥4 sub>),使得n 4 光纤在工作波长带表现出单极化。
摘要:
An optical fiber including: (i) a silica based, rare earth doped core having a first index of refraction n1; (ii) a silica based inner cladding surrounding the core and having a second index of refraction n2, such that n1>n2, said inner cladding having a plurality of air holes extending longitudinally through the length of said optical fiber; (iii) a silica based outer cladding surrounding said inner cladding and having a third index of refraction n3, such that n2>n3, wherein said optical fiber supports a single polarization mode within the operating wavelength range.
摘要翻译:一种光纤,包括:(i)具有第一折射率n 1的二氧化硅基稀土掺杂的芯; (ii)围绕所述芯并且具有第二折射率n 2 2的基于二氧化硅的内包层,使得n 1,N 2, 所述内包层具有沿所述光纤的长度纵向延伸的多个气孔; (iii)围绕所述内包层并具有第三折射率n 3 3的基于二氧化硅的外包层,使得n 2 N 3 N 3 其中所述光纤在工作波长范围内支持单一偏振模式。
摘要:
An optical fiber including: (i) a silica based, rare earth doped core having a first index of refraction n1; and (ii) at least one silica based cladding surrounding the core and having a second index of refraction n2, such that n1>n2, said cladding having a plurality of stress rods and a plurality of air holes extending longitudinally through the length of said optical fiber; wherein said optical fiber supports a single polarization mode or poses-polarization maintaining properties within the operating wavelength range.
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。
摘要:
An optical fiber comprising a core having a refractive index profile and a centerline; and a cladding layer surrounding and directly adjacent the core; wherein core includes updoping material and is doped with Aluminum in at least one region of the core, such that either: (a) the average longitudinal acoustic wave velocity within the core is within 0.05% of the longitudinal acoustic wave velocity within the cladding; or (b) the longitudinal acoustic wave velocity in the core changes by at least 0.2%.
摘要:
An optical fiber comprising: (i) a silica based passive core having a first index of refraction n1; (ii) a silica based cladding surrounding the core and having a second index of refraction n2, such that n1>n2, said cladding having at least one stress rod and at least one air hole extending longitudinally through the length of said optical fiber; and (iii) wherein said optical fiber supports a single polarization mode or poses polarization maintaining properties within the operating wavelength range.
摘要:
An optical fiber, comprising: a central core having a maximum dimension (A) greater than a minimum dimension (B) and a substantially elliptical shape, the fiber having at least one air hole positioned each opposite side of the central core wherein the optical fiber exhibits (i) single polarization propagation within a single polarization band and (ii) polarization maintaining property, such that the fiber beat length normalized at 1550 nm is less than 10 mm; and the polarization maintaining band is situated within wavelengths which are (a) adjacent to and below the single polarization band; and (b) above the higher order mode cutoff wavelength.
摘要:
Disclosed is an optical fiber (20) having a centermost laterally-elongated core (30) having a short dimension (a), a long dimension (b) and a first refractive index (n1), a moat (40) surrounding the central laterally-elongated core, the moat (40) having a second refractive index (n2), an outer dimension (c) and an outer dimension (d), and a cladding (50) surrounding the moat (40), the cladding (50) having a third refractive index (n3), wherein n1>n3>n2, a ratio of b/a is between 1.5 and 5.0, and a ratio of d/a is between 2.0 and 7.0. The fiber exhibits polarization maintaining properties in a PMB situated below (i.e., at shorter wavelength than SPB), such that beat length normalized to 1550 nm wavelength is preferably less than 10 mm. The fiber (20) may be coupled to optical components in apparatus where single polarization or polarization maintaining properties are desired.
摘要翻译:公开了一种光纤(20),其具有具有短尺寸(a),长尺寸(b)和第一折射率(n <1> 1)的中心横向细长芯部(30), 围绕中央横向细长的芯的护城河(40),护城河(40)具有第二折射率(n 2/2),外部尺寸(c)和外部尺寸(d),以及 围绕护城河(40)的包层(50),包层(50)具有第三折射率(n 3/3),其中n 1 3> n 3 < / SUB >> n 2,b / a的比例在1.5和5.0之间,d / a的比率在2.0和7.0之间。 纤维在位于低于(即在比SPB更短的波长)的PMB中表现出极化保持性能,使得标准化为1550nm波长的拍子长度优选小于10mm。 光纤(20)可以耦合到需要单极化或偏振保持特性的装置中的光学部件。
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:
An optical fiber including: (i) a silica based, rare earth doped core having a first index of refraction n1; and (ii) at least one silica based cladding surrounding the core and having a second index of refraction n2, such that n1>n2, said cladding having a plurality of stress rods and a plurality of air holes extending longitudinally through the length of said optical fiber; wherein said optical fiber supports a single polarization mode or poses-polarization maintaining properties within the operating wavelength range.