Aeff-enlarged pure-silica-core fiber having ring-core profile

Pure-silica-core fiber with ring-core profile is designed to have the larger ratio of Aeff to MFD than with step-core, and realized Aeff of 135μm2 and transmission loss of 0.160dB/km with improved splicing loss onto SSMF.

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