Increasing fibre effective core area will greatly reduce the performance degradation due to fibre nonliner effects in amplified lightwave systems. Low-loss single-mode dispersion-shifted fibres with large effective areas, over 80umw at 1550nm, with good bending performance, have been developed.
Origin
Corning, Usa
Journal Title
Corning Research 1995 89-92
Sector
Glass Fibre
Class
GF 155