Scattering measurements on a low-loss fluorozirconate optical fibre

22 May 1986

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

Vol. 22 (11) , 602-603
https://doi.org/10.1049/el:19860409

Abstract

The scattering loss in a low-loss fluorozirconate fibre has been measured in the infra-red and visible regions using an integrating sphere. At 2.55 μm, the scattering loss is 1 dB/km including a wavelength-independent offset of 0.6 dB/km. Two bright pinpoints in the fibre were found to contribute a few per cent of the total scattering from the entire fibre. Otherwise, there was found to be little variation in scattering level along the fibre.

Keywords

INFRARED REGION
PINPOINTS
VISIBLE REGIONS
INFRARED FIBRES
MEASUREMENTS
LOW-LOSS FLUOROZIRCONATE OPTICAL FIBRE
ZRF4-BAF2-LAF3-ALF3-NAF GLASS FIBRES
INTEGRATING SPHERE
SCATTERING LOSS

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