Low rayleigh scattering silicate glasses for optical fibers

IEICE Transactions on Communications

Volumn E80-B, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 508-515

  Sakaguchi, Shigcki ^a   Todoroki, Shin Ichi ^a  

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Optical fiber; Rayleigh scattering; Refractive index dispersion; Silica; Sodium magnesium silicate

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; FIBER OPTICS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL GLASS; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILICA;

DENSITY FLUCTUATION; SODIUM MAGNESIUM SILICATE (NMS); ZERO MATERIAL DISPERSION WAVELENGTH;

SILICATES;

EID: 0031125347     PISSN: 09168516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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