Title :
Water propagation blocking properties of submarine optical fibre cable
Author :
Yoshizawa, N. ; Ohnishi, Masato ; Negishi, Y.
Author_Institution :
NTT Ibaraki Electrical Communication Laboratory, Tokai, Japan
Abstract :
A submarine optical fibre cable is developed which has excellent water propagation blocking properties. Propagation is estimated to be less than 750 m/month at a depth of 8000 m. It also has low-loss properties of 0.40 dB/km at a wavelength of 1.3 ¿m.
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; optical fibres; submarine cables; low-loss properties; submarine optical fibre cable; water propagation blocking properties;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19850562
