Title :
Germanium-oxide glass optical fibre prepared by VAD method
Author :
Takahashi, Hiroki ; Sugimoto, Ichiro ; Sato, Takao
Author_Institution :
Furukawa Electric Co. Ltd., Central Research Laboratory, Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
Germanium-oxide glass optical fibre doped with antimony for transmission of the 2 to 3 ¿m band has been prepared by the vapour-phase axial deposition (VAD) method. An attenuation loss of 13 dB/km at 2.05 ¿m and 70 dB/km at 2.4 ¿m has been achieved.
Keywords :
antimony; germanium compounds; glass fibres; optical fibres; vapour deposition; GeO2:Sb glass optical fibre; attenuation loss; vapour-phase axial deposition;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19820272
