Enhanced mechanical performance of singlemode optical fibres irradiated by a CW UV laser

Electronics Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 704-705

  Varelas, D ^a   Limberger, H G ^a   Salathe R P ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Mechanical variables measurement; Optical fibres

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

MECHANICAL RESISTANCE; PRISTINE FIBER;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 0031118319     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19970461     Document Type: Article

References (2)

1. LIMBERGER, H.G., VARELAS, D., SALATHE, R.P., and KOTROTSIOS, G.: 'Mechanical degradation of optical fibres induced by UV light', Proc. SPIE-Int. Soc. Opt. Eng., 1996, 2841, pp. 84-92
2. FECED, R., POE-EDWARDS, M.P., KANELLOPOULOS, S.E., TAYLOR, N.H., and HANDEREK, V.A.: 'Mechanical strength degradation of UV exposed optical fibres', Electron. Lett., 1997, 33, (2), pp. 157-159