The effect of high optical power on modern fibre at 1.5 μm

Naoise MacSuibhne, Filipe M. Ferreira, Mary E. McCarthy, Arvind Mishra, Andrew D. Ellis

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Abstract

Here we study the impact of high optical power, within the C-band, on the reliability of modern single mode fibre. Our experiments show that modern fibre demonstrates >10 dB higher power handling performance beyond what has previously been reported.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2016 18th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON)
EditorsM. Ferrari, D. Dorosz, M. Marciniak
PublisherIEEE
Number of pages4
ISBN (Print)978-1-5090-1467-5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 23 Aug 2016
Event18th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks - Trento, Italy
Duration: 10 Jul 201614 Jul 2016

Publication series

Name
ISSN (Electronic)2161-2064

Conference

Conference18th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks
Abbreviated titleICTON 2016
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityTrento
Period10/07/1614/07/16

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Funfing: EPSRC [EP/J017582/1 (UNLOC) and EP/L000091/1 (PEACE)]; EC 7th Framework [619732 (INSPACE) and 627545 (SOLAS)].

Keywords

  • fibre damage
  • fibre loss
  • fibre reliability
  • high optical power
  • modern fibre
  • optical communications
  • optical fibre

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