• DocumentCode
    975944
  • Title

    Reduction of loss due to OH in optical fibres by a two-step OH ¿ OD exchange process

  • Author

    Stone, Joshua ; Lemaire, P.J.

  • Author_Institution
    Bell Laboratories, Crawford Hill Laboratory, Holmdel, USA
  • Volume
    18
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1982
  • Firstpage
    78
  • Lastpage
    80
  • Abstract
    An isotopic exchange process is used to convert the OH in optical fibre preforms into OD. The OH first overtone absorption is reduced from 80 dB/km to 1.5 dB/km. The OD second overtone absorption at 1.26 ¿m is less than 0.5 dB/km.
  • Keywords
    isotope exchanges; optical fibres; oxygen compounds; OH to OD exchange; isotopic exchange process; loss reduction; optical fibres; overtone absorption;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19820054
  • Filename
    4246229
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=975944