DocumentCode
988843
Title
Fabrication of a stress-guiding optical fibre
Author
Birch, R.D. ; Varnham, M.P. ; Payne, David N. ; Okamoto, K.
Author_Institution
University of Southampton, Department of Electronics, Southampton, UK
Volume
19
Issue
21
fYear
1983
Firstpage
866
Lastpage
867
Abstract
The principle of stress guidance in optical fibres is described. An optimum-stress-guidance structure has been designed and fabricated using gas-phase etching. The fibre is the first to have truly single-polarisation operation for all V-values.
Keywords
etching; optical fibres; optical workshop techniques; V-values; gas-phase etching; optical fabrication; single-polarisation operation; stress guidance; stress-guiding optical fibre;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19830588
Filename
4248114
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