Design and tolerance analysis of a low bending loss hole-assisted fiber using statistical design methodology.
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.
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Dept. of Applied Physics and Photonics, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussel, Belgium. Jurgen.Van.Erps@vub.ac.be
Jürgen
J
Van Erps
Christof
C
Debaes
Tomasz
T
Nasilowski
Jan
J
Watté
Jan
J
Wojcik
Hugo
H
Thienpont
D003198:Computer Simulation; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004548:Elasticity; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013314:Stress, Mechanical