Improved thermal model for optical fibre coating owing to small bending diameter and high power signals

Electronics Letters

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 695-697

  Andre P S ^a,b   Rocha, A M ^a,b   Domingues, F ^a   Martins, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE TELECOMUNICAÇÕES   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COATING DEGRADATION; FIBRE QUALITY; HIGH POWER SIGNAL; HIGH-POWER; LINK LOSS; OPTICAL FIBRE; OPTICAL FIBRE COATING; OPTICAL NETWORKS; THERMAL MODEL;

COATINGS; FIBER OPTICS; OPTICAL FIBERS; THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT);

FIBERS;

EID: 77955440499     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el.2010.0653     Document Type: Article

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