• DocumentCode
    953446
  • 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
  • Volume
    15
  • Issue
    25
  • fYear
    1979
  • Firstpage
    829
  • Lastpage
    830
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19790589
  • Filename
    4243772
    • Link To Document
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