Title :
Rayleigh scattering in fluoride glass optical fibres
Author :
Tran, D.C. ; Levin, K.H. ; Fisher, C.F. ; Burk, M.J. ; Sigel, G.H.
Author_Institution :
Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, USA
Abstract :
The present study has verified for the first time the explicit ¿¿4 Rayleigh behaviour of light scattering in fluoride glass optical fibres and has projected an ultra-low Rayleigh scattering loss of at least 0.012 dB/km at 4 ¿m.
Keywords :
Rayleigh scattering; optical fibres; optical glass; F glass optical fibres; Rayleigh scattering loss; explicit Rayleigh behaviour; light scattering; wavelength 4 micron;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19830115
