• DocumentCode
    925427
  • Title

    Preparation of water-free silica-based optical-fibre waveguide

  • Author

    Payne, D.N. ; Gambling, W.A.

  • Author_Institution
    University of Southampton, Department of Electronics, Southampton, UK
  • Volume
    10
  • Issue
    16
  • fYear
    1974
  • Firstpage
    335
  • Lastpage
    336
  • Abstract
    A technique is described whereby the hydroxyl absorption bands of the new phosphosilicate-core optical-fibre waveguide, which arise from impurities in the cladding, can be largely eliminated. The resulting fibre has ultralow loss over the entire wavelength range 0.4¿1.1 ¿m.
  • Keywords
    fibre optics; light absorption; losses; optical waveguides; fibre optics; light absorption; losses; optical waveguides; ultralow loss;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19740265
  • Filename
    4236428