Optical waveguides – Optical fiber waveguide with cladding
Patent
1998-04-02
1999-03-23
Sanghavi, Hemang
Optical waveguides
Optical fiber waveguide with cladding
359161, G02B 602
Patent
active
058871055
ABSTRACT:
Disclosed is a dispersion managed optical waveguide fiber. The power loss due to four wave mixing is kept low by making the waveguide from sub-lengths of fiber which have non-zero dispersion. The sign of the total dispersion of the sub-lengths is made to alternate along the length of the waveguide, thereby allowing the total dispersion of the waveguide to be managed to a pre-selected target value. It has been discovered that the best performance is obtained when the zero dispersion wavelengths of the sub-lengths are widely and asymmetrically separated. Advantages are realized when the core refractive index profile is changed for sub-lengths having total dispersion of different sign.
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Bhagavatula Venkata A.
Chowdhury Dipakbin Q.
Chervenak William J.
Corning Incorporated
Sanghavi Hemang
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