Title :
Partially self-pumped fiber fuse propagation through a white tight-buffered single-mode optical fiber
Author :
Todoroki, Shin-ichi
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. for Mater. Sci., Tsukuba, Japan
Abstract :
The propagation threshold power through a white tight-buffered fiber was found to be 3% less than that through an acrylate-coated fiber because the pigments in the buffer backscatter the visible emission that pumps a fuse.
Keywords :
backscatter; optical fibres; optical pumping; buffer backscatter; partially self-pumped fiber fuse propagation; pigments; propagation threshold power; visible emission; white tight-buffered fiber; white tight-buffered single-mode optical fiber; Fiber lasers; Fuses; Heating; Optical buffering; Optical fibers; Optical pumping;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0262-3
