Holey fibers for low bend loss

• Main Authors: Nakajima Kazuhide, Saito Kotaro, Yamada Yusuke, Kurokawa Kenji, Shimizu Tomoya, Fukai Chisato, Matsui Takashi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: De Gruyter 2013-12-01
• Series: Nanophotonics
• Subjects: hole assisted fiber; bending loss; fiber to the home; splicing technique; mechanical reliability; fiber fuse
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2013-0030

Bending-loss insensitive fiber (BIF) has proved an essential medium for constructing the current fiber to the home (FTTH) network. By contrast, the progress that has been made on holey fiber (HF) technologies provides us with novel possibilities including non-telecom applications. In this paper, we review recent progress on hole-assisted type BIF. A simple design consideration is overviewed. We then describe some of the properties of HAF including its mechanical reliability. Finally, we introduce some applications of HAF including to high power transmission. We show that HAF with a low bending loss has the potential for use in various future optical technologies as well as in the optical communication network.