Ultrawide-band single-mode transmission performance in a low-loss photonic crystal fiber

被引:44
作者
Nakajima, K [1 ]
Zhou, J [1 ]
Tajima, K [1 ]
Kurokawa, K [1 ]
Fukai, C [1 ]
Sankawa, I [1 ]
机构
[1] NTT Corp, NTT Access Network Serv Syst Labs, Ibaraki 3050805, Japan
关键词
chromatic dispersion; endlessly single-mode; optical attenuation; photonic crystal fiber; wavelength division multiplexing;
D O I
10.1109/JLT.2004.840052
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
In this paper, we describe the ultrawide-band single-mode transmission performance of a photonic crystal fiber (PCF) in the 850 to 1550 nm wavelength range. We confirmed that the fabricated PCF achieves a single-mode operation over the 850 to 1550 run wavelength range by measuring the mode-field diameter (MFD) and modal delay characteristics. The 10-Gb/s-based wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) signals with a total capacity of 190 Gb/s were successfully transmitted over a 5.2-km low-loss PCF utilizing the 850, 1310, and 1550 nm regions simultaneously. Our experimental results show that an endlessly single-mode PCF provides an ultrawide-band of more than 160 THz for future optical communication systems.
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