Title :
Plastic optical fibre with improved transmittance
Author :
Oikawa, S. ; Fujiki, M. ; Katayama, Y.
Author_Institution :
NTT Ibaraki Electrical Communication Laboratory, Plastic Molding Section, Tokai, Japan
Abstract :
A low-loss plastic optical fibre has been manufactured employing polystyrene as core material. The minimum transmission loss was 140 dB/km at 670 nm, and intrinsic material loss of polystyrene was estimated to be 105 dB/km.
Keywords :
optical fibres; intrinsic material loss; plastic optical fibre; polystyrene; transmission loss;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19790589
