Strength degradation of lightguide fibres in room temperature water

Electronics Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 761-762

  Kurkjian, C R ^a,c   Matthewson, M J ^b  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TELCORDIA TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Life testing; Optical fibres

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; AGING OF MATERIALS; DEGRADATION; FUSED SILICA; POLYMERS; WATER;

LIFE TESTING; LIGHTGUIDE FIBRES; ROOM TEMPERATURE WATER; STRENGTH DEGRADATION;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 0030128048     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19960492     Document Type: Article

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