• DocumentCode
    992935
  • Title

    Absorption loss in optical fibres due to hydrogen

  • Author

    Mochizuki, K. ; Namihira, Yoshinori ; Kuwazuru, M.

  • Author_Institution
    KDD Research & Development Laboratories, Tokyo, Japan
  • Volume
    20
  • Issue
    13
  • fYear
    1984
  • Firstpage
    550
  • Lastpage
    552
  • Abstract
    It is shown that OD formation in optical fibres due to the deuterium molecule can become a barrier to OH formation in optical fibres exposed to hydrogen, although it cannot be a barrier to the absorption due to the hydrogen molecule in a fibre. The mechanism is discussed.
  • Keywords
    deuterium; germanate glasses; hydrogen; losses; optical fibres; phosphosilicate glasses; silicon compounds; D; H permeation; OD formation; OH formation; SiO2-GeO2-P2O5; absorption losses; germanate glasses; optical fibres; phosphosilicate glasses;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19840382
  • Filename
    4248852