Polarization dependence of bend loss for a standard singlemode fiber

Qian Wang; Ginu Rajan; Pengfei Wang; Gerald Farrell

doi:10.1364/oe.15.004909

Polarization dependence of bend loss for a standard singlemode fiber

Opt Express. 2007 Apr 16;15(8):4909-20. doi: 10.1364/oe.15.004909.

Authors

Qian Wang¹, Ginu Rajan, Pengfei Wang, Gerald Farrell

Affiliation

¹ Applied Optoelectronics Centre, School of Electronics and Communications Engineering, Dublin Institute of Technology, Kevin Street, D8, Ireland. Qian.wang@dit.ie

PMID: 19532739
DOI: 10.1364/oe.15.004909

Abstract

Polarization dependence of bend loss caused by the polymer coating layer for a standard singlemode fiber (SMF28) is investigated theoretically and experimentally. Bend loss for SMF28 for both the TE and TM mode is calculated separately. Normalized polarization dependent loss is proposed for the characterization of the polarization sensitivity of bend loss for different bend radii. Corresponding experimental tests are presented, which agree with the theoretical results. Both the theoretical and experimental results show that the polymer coating layer has a significant influence on the polarization dependence of bend loss.