title: Design and development of a trenched optical fiber with ultra-low bending loss.
abstract: We have designed and experimentally demonstrated a single mode optical fiber with a very low bending loss of about 0.014 dB/loop at 1550 nm for a bending radius of 5 mm.
authors.affiliation: Department of Information and Communications, School of Photon Science and TechnologyGwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Buk-gu, Gwangju, South Korea.
authors.forename: Pramod R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Watekar
authors.forename: Seongmin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ju
authors.forename: Won-Taek
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Han
mesh_terms: D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D055119:Elastic Modulus; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D055100:Optical Fibers; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013314:Stress, Mechanical