Ultimate low-loss single-mode fibre at 1.55 μm
Ultimate low-loss single-mode fibre at 1.55 μm
- Author(s): T. Miya ; Y. Terunuma ; T. Hosaka ; T. Miyashita
- DOI: 10.1049/el:19790077
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- Author(s): T. Miya 1 ; Y. Terunuma 1 ; T. Hosaka 1 ; T. Miyashita 1
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1: NTT Ibaraki Electrical Communication Laboratory, Tokai, Japan
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Affiliations:
1: NTT Ibaraki Electrical Communication Laboratory, Tokai, Japan
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Volume 15, Issue 4,
15 February 1979,
p.
106 – 108
DOI: 10.1049/el:19790077 , Print ISSN 0013-5194, Online ISSN 1350-911X
A very low loss single-mode fibre with a minimum loss of 0.20 dB/km at a wavelength of 1.55 μm is attained; this loss reaches the ultimate lower loss limit of silica-based optical glass fibre. The loss mechanism is also discussed.
Inspec keywords: losses; light absorption; optical fibres
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Subjects: Optical waveguides and couplers; Optical communication; Fibre optics; Optical communication devices, equipment and systems; Fibre optics and fibre waveguides
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