Title :
High-strength small reinforcement for spliced optical fibre
Author :
Mimura, Y. ; Shinbori, O. ; Kamibayashi, T. ; Ota, Chiharu
Author_Institution :
KDD Research & Development Laboratories, Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
A high-strength small reinforcement using a nylon and a steel wire has been developed. The size of the reinforcement is 1 mm in diameter and 35 mm in length. An average tensile strength of 5.4 kg has been achieved with negligible loss increase.
Keywords :
optical fibres; tensile strength; high-strength small reinforcement; nylon; spliced optical fibre; steel wire; tensile strength;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19820131
