Reduction in fibre reliability due to high optical power
- 10 July 2003
- journal article
- Published by Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in Electronics Letters
- Vol. 39 (14) , 1043-1044
- https://doi.org/10.1049/el:20030688
Abstract
Results from high power, 180° bend tests in samples of G652 and G655 singlemode optical fibre show that some fibres can suffer catastrophic damage at optical powers as low as 0.5 W at bend diameters of 13 mm. The results, failure mechanisms and preliminary analysis are presented.Keywords
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