VAD single mode fibre with 0.2 dB/km loss

22 January 1981

journal article
Published by Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in Electronics Letters

Vol. 17 (2) , 92-93
https://doi.org/10.1049/el:19810066

Abstract

Transmission loss of VAD single mode fibres has been reduced to 0.35 dB/km at 1.3 μm and 0.2 dB/km at 1.55 μm by the thick cladding deposition and dehydration technique. The residual OH absorption loss is only 0.1 dB/km at 1.39 μm.

Keywords

THICK CLADDING DEPOSITION
TRANSMISSION LOSS
VAPOUR PHASE AXIAL DEPOSITION
SINGLE MODE OPTICAL FIBRES
DEHYDRATION TECHNIQUE
RESIDUAL OH ABSORPTION LOSS