Title :
Residual nylon-jacketed-fibre shrinkage caused by cooling
Author :
Yoshizawa, N. ; Yabuta, T. ; Noguchi, Keisuke
Author_Institution :
NTT Ibaraki Electrical Communication Laboratory, Tokai, Japan
Abstract :
Excess shrinkage of nylon-jacketed optical fibres after heating is observed, and it is shown that this shrinkage induces an optical-loss change of the jacketed fibre.
Keywords :
losses; optical communication equipment; optical fibres; shrinkage; submarine cables; compressive strain; cooling; fabrication; jacketing process; nylon jacketed fibre shrinkage; optical communication equipment; optical fibre cable; optical loss change;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19830282
