Title :
Tough ultra bend-insensitive fiber having compressive residual stress at surface of pure-silica cladding
Author :
Nakanishi, Tetsuya ; Hirano, Masaaki ; Inai, Maki ; Sasaki, Takashi ; Hattori, Tomoyuki
Author_Institution :
Sumitomo Electr. Ind., Ltd., Yokohama, Japan
Abstract :
UBIF having compressive residual stress at cladding surface without additional layer is newly developed, which realizes both 13 times longer lifetime at 1.3mm-radius bending and 100 times lower 25-years failure probability at 5mm-radius bending compared with those of conventional UBIF.
Keywords :
fatigue testing; internal stresses; optical fibre cladding; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre testing; silicon compounds; SiO2; compressive residual stress; fibre fabrication; radius 1.3 mm; radius 5 mm; silica cladding surface; static fatigue testing; ultrabend-insensitive fiber; Atmospheric measurements; Glass; Optical fibers; Reliability; Residual stresses; Stress measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2010 36th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Torino
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8536-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8534-5
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2010.5621104
