Effect of heating on the optical loss in the As-Se glass fiber

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 122-126

  Nguyen, Vinh Q ^a   Sanghera, Jas S ^a   Pureza, Pablo C ^a   Aggarwal, Ishwar D ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorption loss; Arsenic selenide glass fiber; Electronic absorption; Free carrier absorption; Multiphonon absorption

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; ELECTRIC LOSSES; GLASS FIBERS; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MAGNETIC LEAKAGE;

ARSENIC SELENIDE GLASS FIBERS; ELECTRONIC ABSORPTION; FREE CARRIER ABSORPTION; MULTIPHONON ABSORPTION; OPTICAL LOSS;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 0037261763     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2003.808662     Document Type: Article

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