Radiation hard optical fibers

Conference on Optical Fiber Communication, Technical Digest Series

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages 263-266

  Henschel, H ^a   Kuhnhenn, J ^a   Weinand, U ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL LINKS; RADIATION HARDENING;

FIBER LINKS; HYDROGEN LOADING; PHOTO BLEACHING; THERMAL BLEACHING;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 33745286822     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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