• DocumentCode
    421140
  • Title

    Stresses and strains frozen into optical fibers

  • Author

    Yablon, A.D.

  • Author_Institution
    OFS, Murray Hill, NJ, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    23-27 Feb. 2004
  • Firstpage
    325
  • Abstract
    In addition to residual elastic stresses and strains, viscoelasticity can also be frozen into optical fibers. Frozen-in viscoelasticity affects guiding properties of optical fibers and has been harnessed to produce all-fiber fundamental mode beam expanders.
  • Keywords
    elasticity; internal stresses; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre testing; viscoelasticity; all-fiber fundamental mode beam expanders; frozen-in viscoelasticity; guiding properties; optical fibers; residual elastic strains; residual elastic stresses;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004
  • Conference_Location
    Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-772-5
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1359273