WO2006006604A1 - 孔アシスト型ホーリーファイバおよび低曲げ損失マルチモードホーリーファイバ - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a hole-assisted holey fiber in which holes are arranged around a core portion.
- the hole-assisted holey fiber of the present invention is used in the field of optical communications and the like, and is preferably used for home wiring or the like that has a smaller bending loss than a conventional single mode optical fiber.
- the present invention also relates to a low bending loss multimode holey fiber that can obtain a low bending loss characteristic even with a very small bending diameter.
- An indoor wiring optical fiber used for FTTH (Fiber to the home) technology is preferably excellent in bending loss characteristics in consideration of wiring flexibility and workability.
- the relative refractive index difference between the core and the clad may be increased.
- higher-order mode confinement will become stronger, resulting in higher-order mode cuts.
- the off wavelength will become longer.
- Hole-assisted holey fiber is a fiber with much lower bending loss than ordinary single-mode fiber (hereinafter referred to as SMF) used in optical transmission lines.
- SMF ordinary single-mode fiber
- HA-HF ordinary single-mode fiber
- the holey fiber has a structure in which a plurality of holes are arranged around the core, and a larger refractive index difference than the conventional SMF can be obtained. Characteristics are obtained.
- a conventional hole-assisted holey fiber (hereinafter referred to as HAHF) has a plurality of holes arranged in a single layer around the core as shown in Fig. 1 (for example, And Non-Patent Document 2), and a structure in which a plurality of holes are arranged in two layers around the core as shown in FIG. 2 (for example, see Non-Patent Document 3).
- the type of HAHF in which the holes shown in FIG. 1 are arranged in one layer has a core part 11 having a refractive index higher than that of the cladding part 12, a surrounding cladding part 12, and a concentric circle surrounding the core part 11.
- a plurality of (six in the illustrated example) holes 13 are provided along the cladding portion 12 along the configuration.
- the plurality of holes 13 have the same diameter, and the core center force is equal to the distance to the center of each hole 13.
- a type of HAHF in which the holes shown in FIG. 2 are arranged in two layers has a core part 11 having a refractive index higher than that of the cladding part 12, a surrounding cladding part 12, and a cladding surrounding the core part 11.
- the configuration includes six inner holes 14 provided in the portion 12 and twelve outer holes 15 provided on the outside thereof.
- the inner hole 14 and the outer hole 15 are all formed to have the same diameter.
- half of the outer holes 15 are arranged on the extension line of the inner holes 14 when viewed from the center of the core.
- Non-patent literature 1 T. Hasegawa, et al, Novel hole-assisted lightguidefiber exhibiting lar ge anomalous dispersion and low loss below ldB / km, Proc. OFC, PD5, 2001
- Non-patent literature 2 B. Yao, et al., "Low—loss holey fiber,” Proc. 53rd IWCS, pp.135—139, 2004
- Patent Document 3 T. Hasegawa, et al., "Bending— insensitive single-mode holey fiber wit h SMF— compatibility for optical wiring applications, ECOC-IOOC 2003 Proc, We2 .7.3, 2003
- the HAHF shown in Fig. 1 is a simpler structure than the HAHF shown in Fig. 2, and the actual bending strength of the fiber is small and the cut-off wavelength is short.
- the occupation ratio in the power rad area must be increased.
- the cutoff wavelength In order to shorten the length, it is necessary to confine higher order modes as much as possible. As a means for that, it is necessary to reduce the occupation ratio or to bring the holes close to the core.
- the occupation ratio is inevitably increased, and it is difficult to achieve both a low bending loss L and a short cutoff wavelength.
- the HAHF shown in Fig. 2 has a second layer of holes outside the holes in Fig. 1, so it has more room to adjust bending loss and cut-off wavelength than the HAHF shown in Fig. 1.
- it has a relatively complex structure with as many as 18 holes, which raises the problem of high manufacturing costs.
- the present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and can achieve both a low bending loss L and a short cutoff wavelength.
- the purpose is to provide high-performance HAHF that can be used.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a low-bending loss multimode holey fiber suitable as an indoor wiring optical fiber that is expected to bend with a small curvature.
- the present invention relates to a HAHF including a core portion, a cladding portion provided around the core portion, and a plurality of holes provided in the cladding portion so as to surround the core portion.
- the inner part and the outer part have the same number of holes, and the outer part is viewed from the center of the core part.
- the inner holes are not arranged, and the holes constituting each hole layer have the same diameter, and the distance ⁇ from the core center to the inner hole center and the outer side from the core center.
- the distance ⁇ to the hole center is ⁇ ⁇ , and the inner hole diameter d, the outer hole diameter d, and the force d ⁇ d
- HAHF characterized by 2 1 2 1 2 1 2.
- the number of holes in each of the inner hole layer and the outer hole layer is preferably in the range of 3 to 8.
- the cutoff wavelength of the higher-order mode is shorter than 1.
- the fusion splicing loss with the SMF having the step core is 1.55 ⁇ m-eo. 2 dB or less and the mechanical splicing loss is 0.5 dB or less.
- the HAHF core preferably has the same structural parameters as the SMF core.
- the present invention provides a hole-assisted holey fiber having a core portion, a cladding portion provided around the core portion, and a plurality of holes provided in the cladding portion so as to surround the core portion.
- the refractive index of the core is provided in two or more layers with vacancies that are higher than the cladding, and the distance ⁇ from the center of the core to the center of the inner cavities and the center force of the core part ⁇ to the center of the outer cavities ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ , and the inner hole diameter d and the outer hole diameter d are d ⁇ d (where i, j indicate the order of the hole layers that are sequentially counted toward the inner force, i ⁇ j).
- the number of holes in the inner hole layer and the outer hole layer is the same, and the outer holes are arranged at positions where the inner holes are not arranged immediately in view of the core central force.
- the HAHF is characterized by the fact that the pores are the same diameter.
- the number of pores constituting each pore layer is preferably within a range of 3 to 8.
- the cut-off wavelength of the higher-order mode is shorter than 1.
- the fusion splicing loss with the SMF having the step core is 1.55 ⁇ m-eo. 2 dB or less and the mechanical splicing loss is 0.5 dB or less.
- the HAHF core preferably has the same structural parameters as the SMF core.
- the present invention provides a core part in which a refractive index of the cladding part is higher than that of the core part in a holey fiber having a core part, a cladding part, and a plurality of holes surrounding the core part. Is a central first core having a higher refractive index than the cladding part, and a second core having a refractive index different from that of the first core and having a higher refractive index than the cladding part around the first core.
- a low-bending loss multimode holey fiber is provided.
- the first core clashes are provided.
- Relative refractive index difference with respect to the core part D diameter of the first core D Specific refractive index difference with respect to the cladding part of the second core ⁇ and diameter D force of the second core 0.3% ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ 1%, 0.1% ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ 0.
- the wavelength is 1.2 / ⁇ ⁇ to 1.
- the absolute value is preferably less than 1 X 10 _3 .
- the mode dispersion due to multimode propagation is preferably 0.5 nsZkm or less.
- the splicing loss with a single mode fiber having a stepped refractive index distribution is a wavelength of 1.55 / ⁇ ⁇ .
- the mechanical connection loss be 0.4 dB or less and the return loss power OdB or more.
- the fusion splice loss is 0.2 dB or less at the wavelength of 1.55 111
- the mechanical splice loss is 0.4 dB or less
- the return loss power is OdB or more.
- the number of holes surrounding the core portion is two or less, the holes in each layer are arranged at equal intervals, and the number of holes in each layer is 3 to 8 It is preferable that
- the low bending loss multimode holey fiber of the present invention it is preferable to have two layers of holes surrounding the core portion, and different layers have different hole diameters.
- the HAHF of the present invention has a simple configuration with a short cutoff wavelength, bending loss, L force,
- a single mode fiber can be realized.
- the HAHF of the present invention has a bending loss L force with a short cut-off wavelength, and SMF and It can be fusion spliced or mechanically connected with low connection loss and can be used not only for in-home wiring but also for long-distance transmission.
- the low bending loss multimode holey fiber of the present invention has a core portion having a central first core having a higher refractive index material force than the cladding portion, and a first core having a refractive index around the first core. Unlike the clad part, it is composed of a second core having a higher refractive index than that of the clad portion. Therefore, it is extremely low for a minimum bending diameter and has a bending loss.
- the low bending loss multimode holey fiber of the present invention has a very low bending loss with a simple configuration and can be connected to a conventional SMF with a very low connection loss, flexibility and workability of wiring are required. It can be applied to indoor wiring that improves optical communication performance.
- FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a main part of a HAHF showing an example of a conventional HAHF.
- FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the main part of a HAHF showing another example of a conventional HAHF.
- FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the main part of the HAHF showing a first embodiment of the HAHF of the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the main part of the HAHF showing a second embodiment of the HAHF of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the main part of the HAHF showing a third embodiment of the HAHF of the present invention.
- FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of the main part of the HAHF showing a fourth embodiment of the HAHF of the present invention.
- FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of a main part of a HAHF manufactured in an example according to the present invention.
- FIG. 8 A graph showing the power distribution of the fundamental mode at a wavelength of 1.55 m for a conventional 18-hole type fiber.
- FIG. 9 is a graph showing the power distribution of the fundamental mode at a wavelength of 1.55 m of the 12-hole type fiber according to the present invention.
- FIG. 10 A graph showing the power distribution of higher-order modes at a wavelength of 1 ⁇ m for a conventional 18-hole fiber.
- FIG. 11 is a graph showing the power distribution of higher-order modes at a wavelength of 1 ⁇ m of a 12-hole type fiber according to the present invention.
- FIG. 12 A graph showing the power distribution of the fundamental mode of a conventional 18-hole fiber at a wavelength of 1.55 m.
- FIG. 13 is a graph showing the power distribution of the fundamental mode at a wavelength of 1.55 m of the 12-hole type fiber according to the present invention.
- FIG. 14 is a graph showing the power distribution of higher-order modes at a wavelength of 1 ⁇ m for a conventional 18-hole type fiber.
- FIG. 15 is a graph showing the power distribution of higher-order modes at a wavelength of 1 ⁇ m in a 12-hole type fiber according to the present invention.
- FIG. 16 is a graph illustrating the refractive index distribution of the core portion in the low bending loss multimode holey fiber of the present invention.
- FIG. 17 is a block diagram showing a fifth embodiment of the low bending loss multimode holey fiber of the present invention.
- FIG. 18 is a configuration diagram showing a sixth embodiment of a low bending loss multimode holey fiber according to the present invention.
- FIG. 19 is a configuration diagram showing a seventh embodiment of a low bending loss multimode holey fiber according to the present invention.
- FIG. 20 is a graph showing the results of Example 6 according to the present invention.
- FIG. 21 is a graph showing the results of Example 7 according to the present invention.
- FIG. 22 is a structural diagram showing an eighth embodiment of the low bending loss multimode holey fiber of the present invention.
- FIG. 23 is a graph showing the results of Example 8 according to the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the main part of the HAHF 100 showing the first embodiment of the HAHF of the present invention.
- reference numeral 11 is a core part
- 12 is a cladding part
- 16 is an inner hole
- 17 is an outer hole.
- This HAHF 100 includes a core part 11 having a higher refractive index than the cladding part 12, a surrounding cladding part 12, and two inner and outer holes 16 provided in the cladding part 12 surrounding the core part 11. , 17 are configured.
- the core 11 is made of quartz glass material, for example, stone doped with GeO.
- the clad portion 12 is made of a material having a refractive index lower than that of the core portion 11 such as quartz glass.
- the inner hole layer (first layer) includes three inner holes 16, and the outer hole layer (second layer) also includes three outer holes 17. These inner holes 16 and outer holes 17 are circular. The three inner holes 16 have the same diameter, and the three outer holes 17 have the same diameter. Further, the outer holes 17 are arranged at positions where the inner holes 16 are arranged as viewed from the center of the core portion 11.
- the hole diameter d is d ⁇ d. These ⁇ , ⁇ , d and d are the core diameter D,
- Relative refractive index difference Can be set appropriately depending on parameters such as ⁇ , and is not particularly limited.
- ⁇ is 3 to 9 / ⁇ about ⁇
- ⁇ is 3 to 9 / ⁇ about ⁇
- This HAHF 100 is arranged in the vicinity of the core portion 11 by arranging the holes so that the outer holes 17 are smaller and the outer holes 17 are larger, and the number of holes in each layer is reduced. It is possible to bring the inner holes 16 closer to the core portion 11 without increasing the occupancy ratio of the holes. As a result, the equivalent refractive index of the higher order mode without confining the higher order mode can be lowered, so that the cutoff wavelength ⁇ can be shortened.
- the electromagnetic field of the fundamental mode is
- the core 11 Since they are distributed in the same phase, the core 11 is surrounded by the large-diameter outer holes 17 and the small inner holes 16, so that the light can be sufficiently confined in the core 11 and bending loss is reduced. L can be reduced.
- the cutoff wavelength of the higher-order mode is shorter than 1 ⁇ 3; z m, and c
- the fusion splice loss with a single mode fiber having a step core is 0.2 dB or less at a wavelength of 1.55 / zm, and the mechanical splice loss is 0.5 dB or less.
- the fusion splice loss is measured as follows. First, connect the light source and the photodetector with SMF and measure the detected optical power P. Next, the SMF is cut, and several fibers to be measured are fused at two points, and the detected optical power is P. In that case,
- the splice loss is given by (P-P) Z2.
- the mechanical connection loss is the same as the fusion splice loss, but is a value measured as a mechanical connection instead of the fusion splice.
- FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a main part of HAHF 101 showing a second embodiment of the HAHF of the present invention.
- the HAHF 101 of the present embodiment is configured to include the same constituent elements as the HAHF 100 of the first embodiment described above, and the same constituent elements are denoted by the same reference numerals.
- the inner hole layer and the outer hole layer are each composed of three holes, but the HAHF 101 of this embodiment has the inner hole layer and the outer hole layer. There are also four holes in each hole layer.
- the HAHF 101 of the present embodiment can obtain the same effect as the HAHF of the first embodiment 100 as long as the inner hole 16 has a small diameter.
- FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the main part of the HAHF 102 showing a third embodiment of the HAHF of the present invention.
- the HAHF 102 of the present embodiment is configured to include the same constituent elements as the HAHF 100 of the first embodiment described above, and the same constituent elements are denoted by the same reference numerals.
- the inner hole layer and the outer hole layer are each composed of three holes, but the HAHF 102 of this embodiment has the inner hole layer and the outer hole layer.
- Each pore layer is composed of six pore forces.
- the HAHF 102 of the present embodiment can obtain the same effects as the HAHF 100 of the first embodiment as long as the inner hole 16 has a small diameter.
- FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of the main part of the HAHF 103 showing a fourth embodiment of the HAHF of the present invention.
- the configuration of the core portion 11 and the cladding portion 12 is the same as that of the first implementation described above. Although it is the same as the HAHF 100 of the embodiment, this embodiment is characterized in that four hole layers are provided around the core portion 11.
- the holes in the HAHF 103 of this embodiment are provided around the core portion 11 between the first layer composed of the six first layer holes 18 and the first layer holes 18.
- the center provided between the third layer consisting of six third layer holes 110 on the line and the third layer hole 110 is located slightly outside the center of the third layer hole 110. 6
- a fourth layer composed of the fourth layer holes 111 is provided around the core portion 11 between the first layer composed of the six first layer holes 18 and the first layer holes 18.
- the distance from the core center 1 to the center of the first layer hole 18 ⁇ , the core 11 central force is also the distance to the second layer hole 19 center ⁇ , the core 11 central force is also the center of the third layer hole 110 Distance ⁇ and
- the diameter d of the hole 110 and the diameter d of the fourth layer hole 111 are d ⁇ d ⁇ d ⁇ d.
- ⁇ to ⁇ and d to d depend on parameters such as core diameter D and relative refractive index difference ⁇ .
- ⁇ ⁇ is about 3 to 6 111
- ⁇ is about 5 to 9 111
- ⁇ is 7 to 12 m.
- ⁇ is about 10-16111 (Sheet, ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ), (1 is about 1-5 / ⁇ , d is
- the HAHF 103 of the present embodiment can obtain the same effects as the HAHF of the first embodiment 100 described above.
- the HAHF of this embodiment has a more complicated structure than the HAHF of each of the embodiments described above. However, increasing the number of holes increases the room for adjusting characteristics such as cutoff wavelength and bending loss. Can provide higher performance HAHF.
- HAHF having two layers of inner and outer vacancies around the core part and having three vacancies in each inner and outer layer was fabricated.
- the core part is quartz glass doped with GeO, the cladding part
- core diameter D is 8.5 111
- relative refractive index difference is 0.34%
- the inner hole layer has a hole diameter of 5. l ⁇ m, and the core center center is 8.5 m from the center of the hole.
- the outer hole layer has a hole diameter d of 8.5 / ⁇ and the core center. To the hole center
- the same kind of core (D 8
- the fusion splice loss with SMF was 0.05 dB at the wavelength of 1.55 / zm, and the mechanical splice loss was 0.30 dB.
- HAHF was fabricated with two layers of inner and outer holes around the core and several holes in each layer.
- the material of the core part and the clad part is the same as in Example 1, the core part diameter D is 8.5 111, the relative refractive index difference is 0.34%, the inner hole layer has a hole diameter d of 3.6 m, the core part center The distance ⁇ from the force hole center is 7.5 ⁇ m, the outer hole layer has a hole diameter d of 8. O / zm, and the distance from the core center to the hole center ⁇ force O / zm.
- the same kind of core (D 8
- the fusion splice loss with SMF was 0.20 dB at the wavelength of 1.55 / zm, and the mechanical splice loss was 0.32 dB.
- HAHF was fabricated with two layers of inner and outer vacancies around the core and several vacancies in each of the inner and outer layers.
- the material of the core part and the clad part is the same as in Example 1, the core part diameter D is 8.5 111, the relative refractive index difference is 0.34%, the inner hole layer has a hole diameter d of 3.3 m, the core part center The distance ⁇ to the hole center is 6.8 ⁇ m, the outer hole layer has a hole diameter d of 6.8 m, and the distance from the core center to the hole center is ⁇ force O / zm.
- the same kind of core (D 8
- Fiber 1 has 6 inner holes and 12 outer holes
- fiber 2 has a total of 12 holes with 6 inner holes and 6 outer holes. As shown in FIG. 7, the six outer holes of the fiber 2 are arranged at positions where the inner holes are not arranged in view of the core central force.
- Reference numeral 112 in FIG. 7 indicates a portion (hole omitted portion) in which a hole is provided in the fiber 2 with respect to the arrangement of the fiber 1 having 12 outer holes.
- the mechanical splice loss is 0.
- the return loss was 22 dB, and the return loss was 45 dB at a wavelength of 1.55 / zm.
- the splice loss When connected between HAHFs, the splice loss was 0.11 dB and the mechanical connection loss was 0.26 dB at a wavelength of 1.55 / zm. In that case, the return loss was 45 dB or more.
- Fig. 8 shows the power distribution of the fundamental mode at the wavelength of 1.55 m in the 18-hole fiber 1 shown in Fig. 2
- Fig. 9 shows the wavelength of 1.55 ⁇ in the 12-hole fiber 2 shown in Fig. 7. It represents the power distribution of the fundamental mode at m.
- the interval between contour lines is 10 dB.
- the power distributions shown in Fig. 8 and Fig. 9 are almost the same, and it can be seen that the outer vacancies omitted in fiber 2 are very functional.
- Fig. 10 and Fig. 11 show the power distributions of higher-order modes at a wavelength of 1 m for 18-hole type fiber 1 and 12-hole type fiber 2, respectively. In these Figs.
- the interval between the contour lines is lOdB as described above.
- the main parts of the higher-order modes are distributed in the same way as in the base mode, and it can be seen that the outer vacancies omitted in fiber 2 function too little.
- Fiber 3 has 6 inner holes and 12 outer holes
- Fiber 4 has a total of 12 holes with 6 inner holes and 6 outer holes. As shown in FIG. 7, the six outer vacancies of the Fino are arranged in the same position as the inner vacancies as viewed from the center of the core.
- the mechanical splice loss is both 0. It was 20 dB, and the return loss was 45 (18 or more) at a wavelength of 1. 55 111.
- the fusion splice loss was both 0.10 dB and the mechanical splice loss were both 0.25 dB at a wavelength of 1.55 / zm. In that case, the return loss was 45 dB or more.
- Figure 12 shows the power distribution of the fundamental mode of the 18-hole fiber 3 at 1.55 m
- Figure 13 shows the power distribution of the fundamental mode of the 12-hole fiber 4 at 1.55 m.
- the interval between the contour lines is 1 OdB.
- the power distributions shown in FIGS. 12 and 13 are almost the same, and it can be seen that the outer vacancies omitted in the fiber 4 are not so functional.
- Fig. 14 and Fig. 15 show the power distributions of higher-order modes at a wavelength of 1 m for 18-hole type fiber 3 and 12-hole type fiber 4, respectively.
- the interval of the contour lines is 10 dB as above.
- the main parts of the higher-order modes are distributed in the same way as in the base mode, and it can be seen that the outer vacancies omitted in fiber 2 function too little.
- FIGS. 16 and 17 are views showing a fifth embodiment of the low bending loss multimode holey fino (hereinafter abbreviated as HF) of the present invention.
- FIG. 16 shows the refraction of the core portion 22 of HF.
- FIG. 17 is a block diagram showing the structure of HF21.
- reference numeral 21 denotes HF
- 22 denotes a core portion
- 23 denotes a cladding portion
- 24 denotes a first core
- 25 denotes a second core
- 26 denotes a hole.
- the HF 21 of the present embodiment is a holey fiber made of quartz glass, having a core part 22 having a higher refractive index than the cladding part 23, and having a plurality of holes 26 surrounding the core part 22.
- 2 has a central first core 24 having a higher refractive index than the clad part 23 and a refractive index different from that of the first core 24 around the first core 24 and having a higher refractive index than the clad part 23. It is characterized by having a second core 25 that also has material strength.
- the HF 21 of the present embodiment has a structure in which one layer and six holes 26 are provided around the core portion.
- Diameter D is 0% 3% ⁇ ⁇ 1%, 0.1% ⁇ ⁇ 0. 6%, 4 ⁇ ⁇ 10 ⁇
- HF21 with a bending loss of 1.55 ⁇ m-eo. LdBZm or less can be realized. Also, it has two or more propagation modes between wavelengths 1.2 m and l. 6 m (however, this number of propagation modes is a number that does not duplicate degenerate modes) the absolute value of the group refractive index difference delta eta higher order mode can realize 1 X 10_ 3 smaller HF21.
- the fusion splice loss between HF21 and SMF is 0.2 dB or less at the wavelength of 1.55 m
- the mechanical splice loss is 0.4 dB or less
- the return loss power is OdB or more. 1 can be realized.
- the splicing loss is less than 0.2 dB at a wavelength of 1.55 / zm, and the mechanical connection loss when optical fiber connectors are terminated and butt-connected at each fiber end. It is possible to realize HF21 that is 0.4 dB or less and the return loss power OdB or more.
- the HF 21 has a core part 22 surrounded by air holes, a central first core 24 having a higher refractive index than the clad part 23, and a refractive index around the first core 24. Unlike the first core 24, it is composed of the core part 22 consisting of the second core 25, which has a higher refractive index than the clad part 23.
- This HF21 has a simple configuration with very low bending loss and can be connected to conventional SMF with very low connection loss. It can be applied to wiring to improve optical communication performance.
- the arrangement of HF holes of the present invention is not limited to only one layer and six holes according to the fifth embodiment, and other arrangement forms may be adopted, but the number of holes surrounding the core portion 22 is two or less. It is desirable that the vacancies in each layer are arranged at equal intervals, and the number of vacancies in each layer is 3-8. Other arrangement forms of the holes are illustrated in the following second to fourth embodiments.
- FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a sixth embodiment of the HF of the present invention.
- the HF7 of the present embodiment is configured to include the same components as the HF21 of the fifth embodiment described above, and the second layer 12 holes 26 are formed around the first layer 6 holes 26. A total of 2 layers and 18 holes 26 are provided.
- the HF7 of the present embodiment can obtain substantially the same effect as the HF21 of the fifth embodiment described above.
- FIG. 19 is a diagram showing a seventh embodiment of the HF of the present invention.
- the HF28 of the present embodiment includes a core portion 22 composed of a first core 24 and a second core 25 surrounding the first core 24, and has two inner and outer layers surrounding the core portion 22. It has holes 29 and 30 and is characterized in that the hole diameter of the inner hole 29 and the hole diameter of the outer hole 210 are different. There are 3 inner vacancies 29 and 3 outer vacancies (2 holes 6 holes), and the 3 holes in each layer are the same vacancies. It has a diameter, and the core center force is equal in distance to the hole center.
- the HF 28 of the present embodiment can obtain substantially the same effect as the HF 21 of the fifth embodiment described above.
- FIG. 22 is a diagram showing a HF seventh embodiment of the present invention. Similar to the HF21 of the fifth embodiment described above, the HF28 of the present embodiment includes a core portion 22 including a first core 24 and a second core 25 around the first core 24, and includes three holes surrounding the core portion 22. 26 (1 layer 3 holes).
- the HF 31 of this embodiment can obtain substantially the same effect as the HF 21 of the fifth embodiment described above.
- ⁇ and n are the group index of fundamental mode and higher-order mode, respectively.
- this HF21 has a mode when holes 26 are crushed during fusion splicing. Since the mode-field diameter (MFD) is about 10 ⁇ m at a wavelength of 1.55 ⁇ m, which is almost the same as conventional SMF, it can be connected to SMF with very low loss. When HF21 and SMF are actually connected, the splicing loss is about 0.1 dB at a wavelength of 1.55 / zm, and the mechanical connection loss when optical connectors are terminated and butt-connected at each fiber end. was a low loss of about 0.2 dB.
- MFD mode-field diameter
- Figure 21 shows the results of measuring the equivalent group refractive index of the fundamental mode and higher-order mode of HF21. As shown in the figure, the group index difference ⁇ between the two modes is less than 3 10 _4 at wavelengths from 1.2 to 1.6 111.
- the signal degradation due to actual mode dispersion was less than 0. InsZkm.
- FIG. 22 shows the results of measuring the equivalent group refractive index of the fundamental mode and higher-order modes of HF31.
- the group refractive index difference ⁇ between the two modes is less than 1 10 _4 at wavelengths of 1.2 to 1.6 111.
- the signal degradation due to actual mode dispersion was less than 0. InsZkm.
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