DocumentCode
930708
Title
Imperfection loss reduction in viscosity-matched optical fibers
Author
Ohashi, Masaharu ; Tateda, Mitsuhiro ; Shiraki, Kazuyuki ; Tajima, Katsusuke
Author_Institution
NTT Telecommun. Field Syst. Res. & Dev. Center, Ibaraki, Japan
Volume
5
Issue
7
fYear
1993
fDate
7/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
812
Lastpage
814
Abstract
An optical fiber with a homogeneously viscous cross section is fabricated by utilizing two kinds of dopant which have different effects on host material viscosity. It is confirmed experimentally that matching the viscosity between the core and cladding greatly reduces imperfection loss.<>
Keywords
claddings; optical fibres; optical losses; viscosity; core-cladding matched viscosity; dopant; homogeneously viscous cross section; host material viscosity; imperfection loss; loss reduction; viscosity-matched optical fibers; Glass; Optical fiber losses; Optical fiber testing; Optical fibers; Optical losses; Optical materials; Rayleigh scattering; Silicon compounds; Temperature; Viscosity;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1041-1135
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/68.229815
Filename
229815
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