• DocumentCode
    931968
  • Title

    Low-loss optical waveguides with pure fused SiO2cores

  • 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