Electronics Letters · 1984 · 22 citations · 0 references
EngineeringElectrical EngineeringOptoelectronicsPhotonicsPropagationFiber OpticsFiber-optic CommunicationOptical Communication SystemsOptical Fiber PropagationOptical FibersPolarization OpticsCrosstalk MitigationFiber Optic Communication SystemsOptical Transmission SystemsPolarization Maintaining FibersPolarization Mode DispersionPolarization-dependent LossPolarization-division MultiplexingTransmission Loss Reduction
An 11 km-long polarisation-maintaining optical fibre with crosstalk up to −25.2 dB and −22.5 dB at 1.30 μm and 1.56 μm, respectively, is presented. Transmission loss is 1.2 dB/km at 1.3 μm and has a minimum value of 0.79 dB/km at 1.56 μm.