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Influence of impurities on loss increase in optical fibre

Authors :
H. Itoh
Y. Hibino
H. Hanafusa
F. Yamamoto
Source :
Electronics Letters. 23:10-11
Publication Year :
1987
Publisher :
Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), 1987.

Abstract

The influence of impurities on hydrogen-induced OH loss increase and radiation-induced loss increase is examined in GeO2-doped SiO2 fibres with a synthetic SiO2 clad. Fibres contaminated by both aluminium and sodium ions show loss increases as great as fibres with a natural SiO2 clad.

Details

ISSN :
1350911X
Volume :
23
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Electronics Letters
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........290a70903a255576b02e144184f8c5e7
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1049/el:19870007