Title :
Stresses and strains frozen into optical fibers
Author_Institution :
OFS, Murray Hill, NJ, USA
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;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-772-5
