Determination of interfacial shear strength between the glass fiber and primary coating in double-coated optical fibers from mechanical strip forces

Applied Optics

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1649-1653

  Shiue, Sham Tsong ^a  

^a FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS FIBERS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; PLASTIC COATINGS; SHEAR STRENGTH;

STRIPPERS;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 0037139029     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.41.001649     Document Type: Article

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