INFLUENCE OF FLUORINE DOPING ON DRAWING-INDUCED FIBER LOSSES

Citation
Aa. Abramov et al., INFLUENCE OF FLUORINE DOPING ON DRAWING-INDUCED FIBER LOSSES, Electronics Letters, 29(22), 1993, pp. 1977-1978
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
ISSN journal
00135194
Volume
29
Issue
22
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1977 - 1978
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-5194(1993)29:22<1977:IOFDOD>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
Reduction of drawing-induced losses in silica-germanium single-mode fi bres with higher germanium content additionally doped by fluorine has been observed. The core doping by fluorine results in a lower loss and in the weakening of the optical loss dependence of the drawing temper ature.