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
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