Title :
Optical-fibre unit for optical submarine cable
Author :
Yamamoto, H. ; Namihira, Y. ; Niiro, Y.
Author_Institution :
KDD R&D Laboratories, Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
An optical-fibre unit with a strain-relaxing effect is proposed for realising a highly reliable optical-fibre submarine cable. The basic design of the new type of optical-fibre unit means that optical fibres are not subjected to the same strain as the fibre unit directly when the unit is elongated. The test result of the strain-relaxing effect of an experimental optical-fibre unit was about 0.2%, and optical fibres returned to the original position in the fibre unit after the tension was released.
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; optical fibres; submarine cables; Si gel; optical communication equipment; optical links; optical submarine cable; optical-fibre unit; reliability; strain-relaxing effect; unit elongation;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19830088
