DocumentCode
931968
Title
Low-loss optical waveguides with pure fused SiO2 cores
Author
Tasker, G.William ; French, William G.
Author_Institution
Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, N. J.
Volume
62
Issue
9
fYear
1974
Firstpage
1281
Lastpage
1282
Abstract
Optical waveguide fibers have been produced by a chemical-vapor-deposition technique with optical attenuations as low as 1.1 dB/km at 1.02 µm. The application of this technique to the fabrication of graded index fibers with losses below 2 dB/km is also reported.
Keywords
Chemical vapor deposition; Fabrication; Loss measurement; Optical attenuators; Optical films; Optical losses; Optical waveguides; Refractive index; Temperature; Wavelength measurement;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Proceedings of the IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9219
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/PROC.1974.9609
Filename
1451539
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