DocumentCode
1444484
Title
Special issue paper. Optical fibres based on phosphosilicate glass
Author
Gambling, W.A. ; Payne, D.N. ; Hammond, C.R. ; Norman, S.R.
Author_Institution
University of Southampton, Department of Electronics, Southampton, UK
Volume
123
Issue
6
fYear
1976
fDate
6/1/1976 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
570
Lastpage
576
Abstract
The homogeneous chemical vapour-deposition technique, developed for the preparation of phosphosilicate glass fibres, is described. The properties of the binary phosphosilicate glass are outlined and details of preform fabrication and fibre drawing are given. Multimode graded-index fibres have been produced in lengths up to 4km, with numerical apertures up to 0.25, attenuations as low as 2 dB/km and with pulse dispersions of below 1ns/km depending on the source used. Single-mode fibres have also been made with attenuations close to that of pure bulk silica at the design wavelength and with a pulse dispersion of less than 0.1ns/km.
Keywords
fibre optics; glass; manufacture; fabrication; homogeneous chemical vapour deposition technique; optical fibres; phosphosilicate glass;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electrical Engineers, Proceedings of the Institution of
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0020-3270
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/piee.1976.0129
Filename
5253733
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