• DocumentCode
    984101
  • Title

    Rayleigh scattering in fluoride glass optical fibres

  • Author

    Tran, D.C. ; Levin, K.H. ; Fisher, C.F. ; Burk, M.J. ; Sigel, G.H.

  • Author_Institution
    Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, USA
  • Volume
    19
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1983
  • Firstpage
    165
  • Lastpage
    166
  • Abstract
    The present study has verified for the first time the explicit ¿¿4 Rayleigh behaviour of light scattering in fluoride glass optical fibres and has projected an ultra-low Rayleigh scattering loss of at least 0.012 dB/km at 4 ¿m.
  • Keywords
    Rayleigh scattering; optical fibres; optical glass; F glass optical fibres; Rayleigh scattering loss; explicit Rayleigh behaviour; light scattering; wavelength 4 micron;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19830115
  • Filename
    4247393