Preparation of low-loss fluoride glass fibre
Preparation of low-loss fluoride glass fibre
- Author(s): S. Mitachi and T. Miyashita
- DOI: 10.1049/el:19820117
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- Author(s): S. Mitachi 1 and T. Miyashita 1
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1: NTT Ibaraki Electrical Communication Laboratory, Tokai, Japan
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1: NTT Ibaraki Electrical Communication Laboratory, Tokai, Japan
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Volume 18, Issue 4,
18 February 1982,
p.
170 – 171
DOI: 10.1049/el:19820117 , Print ISSN 0013-5194, Online ISSN 1350-911X
By using a ‘build-in casting’ method, a low-transmission-loss fluoride glass fibre was obtained, whose minimum loss was 21 dB/km at 2.55 μm. A loss-factor analysis for the fibre clarified that the main factor was impurity absorption; Fe2+ and OH were especially dominant.
Inspec keywords: optical fibres; casting; optical glass; optical workshop techniques
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Subjects: Fibre optics and fibre waveguides; Optical fabrication, surface grinding; Optical glass; Fibre optics; Optical materials; Preparation of glasses
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