Design of Holey Optical Fibers Insensitive to Bending Used in Fiber- to- the- Home Networks

Asghari, Fateme

doi:10.22055/jrmbs.2026.20970

Design of Holey Optical Fibers Insensitive to Bending Used in Fiber- to- the- Home Networks

Document Type : Full length research Paper

Author

fateme asghari

Department of Physics Education Farhangian University. P.O.Box 14665-889 Tehran Iran

10.22055/jrmbs.2026.20970

Abstract

Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) technology has significantly enhanced the capacity of optical communication systems by enabling high-speed and high-bandwidth data transmission directly to end users. In order to achieve this technology, fibers with the lowest bending and splice losses are required. In this paper, the losses of bending and splice joints in single mode optical fibers have been investigated with a variety of designs, such as holey fibers, nanoscale optical fibers, and micro structured optical fibers. By comparing the losses of these fibers, we chose the best fiber with the lowest losses in designing FTTH that is used for two purposes of reducing costs and improving optical network performances. These fibers have advantages such as low bending radius, wavelength and mode field diameter, which can be effective in minimizing bending losses.

Keywords

FTTH

Holey and microstructured optical fibers

nanoscale optical fibers

bending loss and radius

splice loss

Subjects

optics and Photonics

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