Title : 
High-strength small reinforcement for spliced optical fibre
         
        
            Author : 
Mimura, Y. ; Shinbori, O. ; Kamibayashi, T. ; Ota, Chiharu
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
KDD Research & Development Laboratories, Tokyo, Japan
         
        
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
A high-strength small reinforcement using a nylon and a steel wire has been developed. The size of the reinforcement is 1 mm in diameter and 35 mm in length. An average tensile strength of 5.4 kg has been achieved with negligible loss increase.
         
        
            Keywords : 
optical fibres; tensile strength; high-strength small reinforcement; nylon; spliced optical fibre; steel wire; tensile strength;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
Electronics Letters
         
        
        
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1049/el:19820131