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
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