• DocumentCode
    546945
  • Title

    Impact of the maritime environment on the aging of optical fibers

  • Author

    André, P.S. ; Domingues, F. ; Granada, M. ; Marta

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. de Telecomimicacoes, Aveiro, Portugal
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    The effect of the maritime environment on the aging of optical fibers coatings was studied. The obtained stress decay rate was 29.05 days, however, this value is higher than for a pure water saturate environment.
  • Keywords
    ageing; environmental degradation; optical fibre cladding; optical fibre communication; seawater; aging; maritime environment; optical fibers coatings; pure water saturate environment; seawater; stress decay rate; time 29.05 day; Aging; Coatings; Degradation; Ions; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Stress;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5951156