Design and performances of trench-assisted G.657.A&B fiber optimized towards more space savings and miniaturization of components

David Boivin; Marianne Bigot-Astruc; Louis-Anne De Montmorillon; Lionel Provost; Pierre Sillard; Aurélien Bergonzo

doi:10.1117/12.807988

6 February 2009 Design and performances of trench-assisted G.657.A&B fiber optimized towards more space savings and miniaturization of components

David Boivin, Marianne Bigot-Astruc, Louis-Anne De Montmorillon, Lionel Provost, Pierre Sillard, Aurélien Bergonzo

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Proceedings Volume 7212, Optical Components and Materials VI; 72120I (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.807988
Event: SPIE OPTO: Integrated Optoelectronic Devices, 2009, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

After many years of expectations, Fiber To The Home (FTTH) has finally become a reality with a wide number of projects already running worldwide and growing. Optical fiber is inevitably taking more and more importance in our environment, but for many good reasons, the space we are truly willing or able to allocate to it remains limited. These installation constrainsts have turned into additional requirements that need to be addressed for both active and passive components. If exceptional bending performances obtained without degrading backward compatibilities is a pre-requisite to deployment success,1 other parameters also need to be carefully taken into account when designing the ideal candidate for use in confined environments. Among them, one can cite the bend loss homogeneity over length and bending directions, the resistance to high optical power under bending and the tolerance to modal noise. In this paper, we present the design and performances of a bend insensitive fiber optimized towards more space savings and miniaturization of components. In addition to exceptional bending performances - lower than 0.1 dB/turn over a 5 mm bending radius -, its design guarantees impressive homogeneity levels and enhanced safety margins for high power applications while being still resistant to modal noise. Successfull cleave- and splice-ability results are finally presented, making this fiber ideally suited for use in components, pigtails and patchcords.

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David Boivin, Marianne Bigot-Astruc, Louis-Anne De Montmorillon, Lionel Provost, Pierre Sillard, and Aurélien Bergonzo "Design and performances of trench-assisted G.657.A&B fiber optimized towards more space savings and miniaturization of components", Proc. SPIE 7212, Optical Components and Materials VI, 72120I (6 February 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.807988

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