摘要:
An optical waveguide fiber having a high threshold for stimulated Brillouin scattering. According to some embodiments of the invention, the optical fiber comprises: (a) a rare earth doped core having a refractive index profile and a centerline, the core including at least two adjacent core regions including different amounts of updopants, such that the longitudinal acoustic field velocities within the two core regions differ by at least 0.2%; and (b) a cladding layer surrounding and directly adjacent the core. The said fiber has MFD of greater than 12 μm and delta % difference between the peak core delta and the cladding of less than 0.3%.
摘要:
An optical fiber, comprising: (i) a core, (ii) a cladding surrounding the core, (iii) at least one stress member adjacent the fiber core and situated within the cladding, said stress member comprising silica co-doped with B and F.
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:
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, comprising: (i) a core, (ii) a cladding surrounding the core, (iii) at least one stress member adjacent the fiber core and situated within the cladding, said stress member comprising silica co-doped with B and F.
摘要:
An optical system comprises an optical fiber with gain producing core with an index of refraction n1, surrounded by at least one cladding with an index of refraction n2, said cladding including at least one index reduced area with an index of refraction n2, such that n1>n2>n2, the core propagating a signal at a spatial fundamental mode at a signal wavelength λ1 and at a power level sufficient to generate optical power at a wavelength λ2, where λ2>λ1, and the at least one index reduced area in combination with the core provide has at least one cut-off fundamental spatial mode wavelength λC, and λ1 λC.
摘要:
An optical fiber including: (i) a silica based, Yb doped core having a first index of refraction n1, said core comprising more than 1 wt % of Yb, said core having less than 5 dB/km loss at a wavelength situated between 1150 nm and 1350 nm and less than 20 dB/km loss at the wavelength of 1380 nm and slope efficiency of over 0.8; and (ii) at least one silica based cladding surrounding the core and having a second index of refraction n2, such that n1>n2.
摘要:
An optical fiber including: (i) a silica based, Yb doped core having a first index of refraction n1, said core comprising more than 1 wt % of Yb, said core having less than 5 dB/km loss at a wavelength situated between 1150 nm and 1350 nm and less than 20 dB/km loss at the wavelength of 1380 nm and slope efficiency of over 0.8; and (ii) at least one silica based cladding surrounding the core and having a second index of refraction n2, such that n1>n2.
摘要:
An optical fiber, comprising: a core with a first refractive index (n1); a silica based outer cladding surrounding the core, the outer cladding having a refractive index (n), such that the core is substantially surrounded by a gap situated between the core and the outer cladding, the gap containing at least one support structure adjacent to the outer cladding and situated between the outer cladding and the core, wherein the support structure is either hollow or gas filed and is not connected to any other support structure situated within the gap.
摘要:
According to one embodiment a method of making optical fibers comprises: (i) manufacturing a core cane; (ii) situating a plurality of microstructures selected from rods, air filled tubes and glass filed tubes and placing said microstructures adjacent to the core cane, said microstructures forming no more than 3 layers; (iii) placing the core cane with said adjacent microstructures inside a holding clad tube; and (iv) placing interstitial cladding rods inside the holding (clad) tube, thereby forming an assembly comprising a tube containing a core cane, a plurality of microstructures and interstitial cladding rods. The assembly is then drawn into a microstructured cane and an optical fiber is drawn from the microstructured cane. According to several embodiments, the method of making an optical fiber includes providing at least one air hole and at least one stress rod adjacent to the core.