Influence of drawing conditions on the properties and radiation sensitivities of pure-silica-core optical fibers

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1726-1732

  Alessi, A ^a   Girard, S ^b   Cannas, M ^c   Agnello, S ^c   Boukenter, A ^a   Ouerdane, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

^b DIF   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attenuation; optical fibers; point defects; radiation effects; Raman

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; DRAWING SPEED; ENERGY VALUE; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; FICTIVE TEMPERATURES; FLUORINE-DOPED CLADDING; INDUCED ABSORPTION; LINEAR RELATION; NONBRIDGING OXYGEN HOLE CENTER; PEAK SHIFT; RADIATION SENSITIVITY; RAMAN; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STRAINED BONDS;

DEFECTS; FLUORINE; IRRADIATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; POINT DEFECTS; PREFORMING; RADIATION EFFECTS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SILICA; SILICON;

FIBERS;

EID: 84859805470     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2012.2188827     Document Type: Article

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