LOW-LOSS FLUORIDE FIBER BY REDUCED PRESSURE CASTING

被引:33
作者
CARTER, SF
MOORE, MW
SZEBESTA, D
WILLIAMS, JR
RANSON, D
FRANCE, PW
机构
[1] British Telecom Research Laboratories, Martlesham Heath, Suffolk, Ipswich
关键词
Losses; Optical fibres;
D O I
10.1049/el:19901361
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
A major cause of loss in fluoride fibres has been extrinsic scatter from bubbles trapped in preforms during casting. A new reduced pressure casting (RPC) technique has been developed to eliminate bubbles, and the minimum fibre loss has been reduced to 0.65±0.25 dB/km at 2.59μm, measured over a 110 m length of fibre. © 1990, The Institution of Electrical Engineers. All rights reserved.
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页码:2115 / 2117
页数:3
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