DocumentCode
1623600
Title
Drawing-dependent losses in rare-earth-doped and heavy-metal-doped silica optical fibers
Author
Kirchhof, J. ; Unger, S. ; Reichel, V. ; Grimm, St.
Author_Institution
Inst. fur Phys. Hochtechnol. e.V., Jena, Germany
fYear
1997
Firstpage
183
Lastpage
184
Abstract
Preforms with different core diameters were prepared by MCVD technique and solution doping using aluminum as codopant in most cases. As a result of this series, we have found remarkable background loss (between the absorption bands) in four cases: doping with Pr, Nd, Sm and Ta
Keywords
chemical vapour deposition; drawing (mechanical); optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre losses; optical fibre testing; MCVD technique; Nd; Pr; Sm; Ta; absorption bands; aluminum codopant; background loss; core diameters; drawing-dependent losses; heavy-metal-doped silica optical fibers; rare-earth-doped silica optical fibers; Doping; Fiber lasers; Germanium; Neodymium; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber losses; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; Sensor systems; Silicon compounds;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communication. OFC 97., Conference on
Conference_Location
Dallas, TX
Print_ISBN
1-55752-480-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OFC.1997.719805
Filename
719805
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