• DocumentCode
    1003023
  • Title

    Thermal stress measurements in optical-fibre preforms using preform-profiling techniques

  • Author

    Varnham, M.P. ; Poole, S.B. ; Payne, D.N.

  • Author_Institution
    University of Southampton, Department of Electronics & Information Engineering, Southampton, UK
  • Volume
    20
  • Issue
    25
  • fYear
    1984
  • Firstpage
    1034
  • Lastpage
    1035
  • Abstract
    An analysis is presented of the effect of thermal stress on transverse refractive-index profiling of optical-fibre preforms. The theory leads to a new measurement technique for axial stress profiling.
  • Keywords
    optical fibres; refractive index; thermal stresses; axial stress profiling; measurement technique; optical-fibre preforms; preform-profiling techniques; thermal stress; transverse refractive-index profiling;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19840706
  • Filename
    4250507