DocumentCode
978320
Title
Characteristics of light induced annealing in irradiated optical fibres
Author
West, R.H. ; Lenham, A.P.
Author_Institution
Royal Military College of Science, Swindon, UK
Volume
18
Issue
11
fYear
1982
Firstpage
483
Lastpage
484
Abstract
Transmission losses produced in fibre-optics by ionising radiation may be annealed by the signal light. Results are presented for the dependence of the effect on the light power level and its wavelength. Losses which are thus annealed appear to be related to strain in the fibre.
Keywords
annealing; optical fibres; fibre-optics; ionising radiation; irradiated optical fibres; light induced annealing; light power level; transmission losses; wavelength;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19820329
Filename
4246464
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