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
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