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High-strength carbon-coated optical fibre

High-strength carbon-coated optical fibre

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A carbon-coated optical fibre with 6.2 kgf failure strength and an n value of 670 is obtained for the first time. The carbon surface roughness was evaluated from STM images and a flat carbon coating was found to be essential in preventing the initial strength degradation of the fibre.

Inspec keywords: carbon; glass fibres; tensile strength; germanium; optical fibres; silicon compounds; protective coatings; fatigue; scanning tunnelling microscopy

Other keywords: STM images; failure strength; carbon-coated fibre; flat carbon coating; strength degradation; carbon surface roughness; SiO2:Ge-C

Subjects: Surface treatment and degradation of glasses; Glasses (engineering materials science); Optical fibre fabrication, cladding, splicing, joining; Fibre optics

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      • Hiskes, R.: `High performance hermetic optical fibers', paper W16-l, Technical digest for Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 1984.
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      • Lu, K.E., Lee, M.T., Powers, D.R., Glaesemann, G.S.: `Hermetically coated optical fibers', paper PD1-1, Technical digest for Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 1988.
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