Title :
Towards the low limits of 1383 nm loss in PCVD enabled single mode fibre production
Author :
Matthijsse, P. ; Simons, D.R. ; Shuqiang, Zhang ; Jie, Luo ; Vydra, J. ; Fabian, H.
Author_Institution :
Draka Comteq, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Abstract :
Based on a pilot development series it is shown that careful prevention of OH/sup -/ contamination in all PCVD process steps enables industrial production of SM fibres with a 1383 nm loss reaching below 0.30 dB/km.
Keywords :
optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre losses; plasma CVD; 1383 nm; OH/sup -/ contamination; PCVD; industrial production; optical fibre loss; single mode fibre production;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-772-5
