Fiber fuse phenomenon in step-index single-mode optical fibers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1113-1121

  Shuto, Yoshito ^a   Yanagi, Shuichi ^a   Asakawa, Shuichiro ^a   Kobayashi, Masaru ^a   Nagase, Ryo ^a  

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HEAT CONDUCTION; HEATING; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; IONIZATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; POINT DEFECTS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SILICA; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FIBER FUSE PHENOMENON; THERMAL IONIZATION;

SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

EID: 4043121887     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2004.831635     Document Type: Article

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