Predicting macrobending loss for large-mode area photonic crystal fibers

2004/01/01 by M. D. Nielsen, M.D. Nielsen, N. A. Mortensen +7
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors #Optical Network Technologies #Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics #physics.optics

paper · pdf · doi:10.1364/opex.12.001775

published as Opt. Express 12, 1775 (2004). · Accepted for Optics Express

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Abstract

We report on an easy-to-evaluate expression for the prediction of the bend-loss for a large mode area photonic crystal fiber (PCF) with a triangular air-hole lattice. The expression is based on a recently proposed formulation of the V-parameter for a PCF and contains no free parameters. The validity of the expression is verified experimentally for varying fiber parameters as well as bend radius. The typical deviation between the position of the measured and the predicted bend loss edge is within measurement uncertainty.

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