Title :
High power laser damage of standard and bend resistant fibres
Author :
Logunov, S.L. ; Chien, C.-K. ; Clark, D.A.
Author_Institution :
Sci. & Technol. Div., Corning Inc., Corning, NY, USA
Abstract :
Optical fibre coating degradation under high power is directly linked to power dissipated in the bend. Bend insensitive fibres have much weaker heating response to the same input power in the bend than more bend sensitive fibres. Fibre lifetime predictions under high power and bending also are impacted by fibre deployment and the properties of coating material.
Keywords :
laser beam effects; optical fibres; optical films; bend insensitive fibres; bend resistant fibres; high power laser damage; optical fibre coating degradation;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el.2009.2106
