UV-induced mechanical degradation of optical fibres
- 24 April 1997
- journal article
- Published by Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in Electronics Letters
- Vol. 33 (9) , 804-806
- https://doi.org/10.1049/el:19970512
Abstract
The influence of UV-laser irradiation on the mechanical resistance of a highly GeO2-doped optical fibre has been investigated under the conditions of Bragg grating fabrication. A Weibull plot evaluation indicates a decrease in the median breaking stress by a factor of 2 and a decrease in the m-value by two orders of magnitude.Keywords
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