[WP4-C] Poster Session 2

[WP4-C1] Combined Mechanical-Optical Simulation to Predict Microbending Loss of Single Mode Fibers

〇Tamás Mihálffy¹, Zoltán Várallyay¹, Gábor Varga¹, Kazunori Mukasa² (¹Furukawa Electric Institute of Technology, Hungary, ²Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., Japan)

Keywords:Fiber design and fabrication, Fibers & Cables for Communication

A simulation method has been developed that can predict the microbending loss of single mode fibers. The method is found to well reproduce the microbending loss data of the experimental fibers drawn in our facility.