Title :
Development of novel cicada-resistant optical drop cable
Author :
Tsukamoto, Masayoshi ; Konda, Eiji ; Hoshino, Yutaka ; Okada, Noboru
Author_Institution :
Eng. Dept. Telecommun. Co., FURUKAWA Electr. Co., Ltd., Chiba, Japan
Abstract :
By observation of cicada ovipositor´s movement, we found that tensile strength and hardness of sheath material are effective against cicada attack. And also, we have newly designed the optical drop cable with cicada-resistant sheath material.
Keywords :
cable sheathing; hardness; optical cables; tensile strength; cicada ovipositor; cicada-resistant optical drop cable; cicada-resistant sheath material; hardness; optical fiber breakages; tensile strength; Cable shielding; Conducting materials; Needles; Optical design; Optical fiber cables; Optical fibers; Optical materials; Protection; Testing; Workability;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2010 Conference on (OFC/NFOEC)
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-884-1
