Title :
Double crucible optical fibre for data link applications
Author :
Beales, A.A. ; France, P.W. ; Partington, S.
Author_Institution :
British Telecom Research Laboratories, Ipswich, UK
Abstract :
A short distance, data link fibre has been made by the double crucible method. The fibre has a large core (175 ¿m), high NA (0.4) and a minimum loss of 7.5 dB/km. By lowering the water content of the fibre the usable wavelength range has been extended to 1.3 ¿m
Keywords :
optical communication; optical fibres; optical links; data link applications; double crucible optical fibre;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19810589
