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Single-mode-fibre design for 4 μm band operation

Single-mode-fibre design for 4 μm band operation

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The splicing and cabling added loss are evaluated for 4 μm-wavelength single-mode fibres. It is shown that splice offset and microbending losses are critical and that high index differences are required. Added losses are small as 0.01 dB/km can be obtained with careful fibre design and handling.

Inspec keywords: optical fibres; losses

Other keywords: 4 mu m band operation; single mode fibre design; cabling; microbending losses; splicing

Subjects: Fibre optics and fibre waveguides; Fibre optics

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