Preface |
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Acknowledgment |
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1.1 Brief Historical Review of Silica Optical Fibers |
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1.2 International Standards for Silica Optical Fibers |
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8 | (4) |
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1.3 Classifications of Silica Optical Fibers |
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12 | (6) |
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16 | (2) |
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2 Review on Single-Mode Fiber Design and International Standards |
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18 | (65) |
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2.1 Optical Modes in Cylindrical Waveguides |
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18 | (19) |
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2.2 Material Dispersion in Optical Fibers |
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37 | (11) |
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2.3 Optical Attributes for Single-Mode Fiber Characterization and Classification |
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48 | (16) |
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2.4 International Standards for Single-Mode Fibers |
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64 | (19) |
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79 | (4) |
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3 Preform Fabrication and Optical Fiber Drawing Process |
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83 | (48) |
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3.1 Preform Fabrication Based on Chemical Vapor Deposition Process |
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83 | (18) |
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3.2 Postprocesses for Geometrical Modification of Preform |
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101 | (3) |
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3.3 Optical Fiber Drawing |
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104 | (27) |
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126 | (5) |
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4 Dispersion-Managed Single-Mode Fibers for Wavelength Division Multiplexing |
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131 | (54) |
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4.1 Wavelength Allocations in Single-Mode Fibers for WDM Applications |
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131 | (6) |
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4.2 Optimization of Waveguide Parameters for Dispersion Control |
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137 | (13) |
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4.3 Refractive Index Profile Analysis for Dispersion-Shifted Fibers |
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150 | (7) |
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4.4 Dispersion-Compensating Fibers Using the Fundamental Mode |
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157 | (11) |
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4.5 Dispersion Compensation Using High-Order Modes |
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168 | (17) |
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181 | (4) |
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5 Multimode Fibers for Large-Bandwidth Applications |
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185 | (39) |
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5.1 History and Recent Application Trends of Multimode Optical Fibers |
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185 | (5) |
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5.2 Principle of Multimode Optical Fiber Design |
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190 | (7) |
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5.3 Impacts of Nonideal α-Refractive Index Profile on Transmission Bandwidth |
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197 | (6) |
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5.4 Main Attributes of GI-MMFs-Bandwidth and Differential Modal Delay |
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203 | (10) |
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5.5 Multimode Optical Fiber Standards |
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213 | (11) |
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221 | (3) |
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6 Optical Nonlinearity Control in Optical Fibers |
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224 | (56) |
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6.1 Historical Review of Optical Nonlinearity in Optical Fibers |
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224 | (2) |
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6.2 Origin of Optical Nonlinearities in Optical Fibers |
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226 | (5) |
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6.3 Specifications of Nonlinear Optical Processes in Optical Fibers |
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231 | (3) |
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6.4 Comparison of Raman and Brillouin Scattering in Single-Mode Optical Fibers |
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234 | (2) |
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6.5 Control of Raman Scattering in Silica Optical Fibers |
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236 | (9) |
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6.6 Brief Review on Raman Amplifiers and Lasers |
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245 | (8) |
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6.7 Control of Brillouin Scattering in Silica Optical Fibers |
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253 | (14) |
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6.8 Review on Fiber Brillouin Sensors and Recent Novel Applications |
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267 | (13) |
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273 | (7) |
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7 Birefringence Control in Optical Fibers |
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280 | (41) |
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7.1 Physical Parameters for the Polarization Characterization in Optical Fibers |
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280 | (6) |
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7.2 Representation of the State of Polarization in Optical Fiber Using Poincare Sphere |
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286 | (4) |
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7.3 Classifications of Linear Polarization Maintaining Fibers |
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290 | (4) |
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7.4 Fabrication Methods for High Birefringence Fibers |
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294 | (2) |
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7.5 Control of Birefringence by Waveguide Design in Birefringent Fibers |
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296 | (8) |
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7.6 Single-Polarization Single-Mode Fibers |
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304 | (6) |
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7.7 Low Linear Birefringence Fibers |
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310 | (11) |
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316 | (5) |
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8 Optical Fibers Based on Air-Silica Guiding Structure |
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321 | (57) |
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8.1 Review of Air-Silica Guidance in Optical Fibers |
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321 | (1) |
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8.2 Fabrication Technique---Stack and Draw Method |
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322 | (2) |
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8.3 Effective Index Guiding Air-Silica Optical Fibers |
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324 | (7) |
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8.4 Large Mode Area and Bending Loss Based on Effective Index Guiding Air-Silica Holey Fibers |
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331 | (4) |
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8.5 Dispersion Control in Effective Index Guiding Air-Silica Holey Fibers |
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335 | (7) |
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8.6 Optical Loss in Effective Index Guiding Air-Silica Holey Fibers |
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342 | (5) |
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8.7 Kerr Nonlinearity in Effective Index Guiding Air-Silica Holey Fibers |
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347 | (4) |
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8.8 Birefringence Control in Effective Index Guiding Air-Silica Holey Fibers |
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351 | (4) |
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8.9 Hollow Optical Fiber and its Applications |
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355 | (23) |
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368 | (10) |
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9 Fiber Mode Analysis Using OFACAD |
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378 | (23) |
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9.1 Theoretical Review on Cascaded Boundary Matrix Method |
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378 | (6) |
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9.2 Algorithm for CBM to Find Optical Properties of Guided Modes |
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384 | (2) |
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9.3 Mode Analysis Example Using OFACAD |
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386 | (15) |
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399 | (2) |
Appendix A OFACAD Installation/Operation Manual |
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401 | (14) |
Appendix B Operation Manual of OFACAD |
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Index |
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