DocumentCode
1004454
Title
Fabrication of low-loss optical fibres containing rare-earth ions
Author
Poole, S.B. ; Payne, David N. ; Fermann, M.E.
Author_Institution
University of Southampton, Department of Electronics & Information Engineering, Southampton, UK
Volume
21
Issue
17
fYear
1985
Firstpage
737
Lastpage
738
Abstract
Fibres containing rare-earth ions have been produced by an extended MCVD process. The fibres have very high absorption levels in the visible and near infra-red regions, without significantly compromising the low-loss characteristics of the fibre at wavelengths between 950 and 1400 nm.
Keywords
chemical vapour deposition; optical fibres; optical losses; extended MCVD process; high absorption levels; low-loss optical fibres; near IR region; rare-earth ions; visible region;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19850520
Filename
4250729
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