Open AccessDesign and tolerance analysis of a low bending loss hole-assisted fiber using statistical design methodology
Author(s) -
Jürgen Van Erps,
Christof Debaes,
Tomasz Nasiłowski,
Jan Watté,
Jan Wójcik,
Hugo Thienpont
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.16.005061
Subject(s) - design for manufacturability , optics , bending , fiber , materials science , optical fiber , computer science , physics , composite material , mechanical engineering , engineering
We present the design of a low bending loss hole-assisted fiber for a 180?-bend fiber socket application, including a tolerance analysis for manufacturability. To this aim, we make use of statistical design methodology, combined with a fully vectorial mode solver. Two resulting designs are presented and their performance in terms of bending loss, coupling loss to Corning SMF-28 standard telecom fiber, and cut-off wavelength is calculated.