Title :
Single-mode optical fibre microbending loss in a loose tube coating
Author :
Hornung, Severin ; Reeve, M.H.
Author_Institution :
British Telecom Research Laboratories, Ipswich, UK
Abstract :
45 km of single-mode fibre of differing detailed design has been loose-tube packaged under identical conditions. The spectral loss between 1.1 and 1.75 ¿m was measured before and after packaging. The incremental loss thus deduced, and related to equivalent core size and ¿n, provided information about fibre design for safe packaging.
Keywords :
bending; losses; optical fibres; protective coatings; coating methods; fibre design; loose tube coating; microbending loss; optical fibres; safe packaging; single-mode optical fibre; spectral loss;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19810543
