Title :
Title: Making the first low loss optical fibers for communications
Author :
Schultz, Peter C.
Author_Institution :
Peter Schultz Consulting LLC
Abstract :
Forty years ago, the Corning research team of Keck, Maurer and Schultz made the first optical fibers having a loss of 20dB/km. The research effort leading to this breakthrough is described including subsequent work resulting in <;1 dB/km fibers.
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre losses; optical fiber loss; optical fibre communication; Fires; Furnaces; Glass; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber losses; Silicon compounds;
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.2010.5621313
