DocumentCode
966877
Title
Low-loss plastics-cladding fibre
Author
Yoshimura, Kazuki ; Nakahara, Tatsushi ; Tsukamoto, Arata ; Isomura, Akihiko
Author_Institution
Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd., Research Department of Communications Division, Yokohama, Japan
Volume
10
Issue
25
fYear
1974
Firstpage
534
Lastpage
535
Abstract
Simple optical fibres with low-loss fused-quartz core and high-loss plastics cladding are investigated. By designing the fibre appropriately, the high-loss cladding leads to improvement in the pulse-transmission characteristics, leaving the attenuation fairly low.
Keywords
fibre optics; optical waveguides; quartz; attenuation; axial propagation constant; fused quartz core; optical fibres; plastic cladding; pulse transmission characteristics; refractive indices; wave number;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19740424
Filename
4245314
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