Title :
Impact of coating ageing on susceptibility to high-power damage at fibre bends
Author :
Sikora, E.S.R. ; McCartney, D.J. ; Wright, J.V.
Author_Institution :
BT Exact, Ipswich
Abstract :
For the first time a link is shown between the time to failure, the initial equilibrium temperature and high-power damage coating degradation at failure. A fibre that is sensitive to high-power damage has been observed to have a low equilibrium temperature and a coating that is sensitive to thermal ageing
Keywords :
ageing; optical fibre cladding; optical fibre testing; coating ageing; fibre bends; high-power damage coating degradation; low equilibrium temperature;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20073702
