Melt coating of tin on silica optical fiber

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2355-2364

  Seo, H S ^c,d,e   Paek, U C ^{a,b,c,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,m,n}   Oh, K ^a,c   Kurkjian, C R ^d  

^a IEEE

^b OSA ^*

^c Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^d TELCORDIA TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^e Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^f Korea Merchant Manne Academy   (South Korea)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

ⁱ Bell Laboratory Fellow

^j Korea Institute of Industrial Technology   (South Korea)

^k Info and Communications Department

^l OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^m AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY   (United States)

ⁿ Sigma Xi   (United States)

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Author keywords

Coating thickness; Freezing; Metal coating; Moving boundary; Phase transition; Silica fiber; Strength; Tin

Indexed keywords

FREEZING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METALLIC FILMS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROTECTIVE COATINGS; SILICA; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TIN;

MOVING BOUNDARY;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 0032298915     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.736602     Document Type: Article

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