Optical properties of GeO2 glass and optical fibers

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 27, 1997, Pages 6809-6814

  Sakaguchi, Shigeki ^a   Todoroki, Shin Ichi ^a  

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Geo2 glass; Infrared absorption; Optical fiber; Optical loss; Rayleigh scattering

Indexed keywords

CLADDING (COATING); FUSED SILICA; HYDROLYSIS; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MELTING; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING;

FLAME HYDROLYSIS; GERMANIUM DIOXIDE GLASS; INFRARED ABSORPTION; OPTICAL LOSS; SPECTRAL LOSS MEASUREMENT;

GLASS;

EID: 0031580734     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.006809     Document Type: Article

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