Fibre splices with ‘perfect fibre’ strengths of 5.5 GPa, v <0.01

6 June 1985

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

Vol. 21 (12) , 533-535
https://doi.org/10.1049/el:19850377

Abstract

Splices of single-mode fused silica fibre having strengths equivalent to that of the as-drawn fibre of ∼800 ksi (5.5 GPa) with a coefficient of variation v of 2-Cl₂-O₂ flame. These results demonstrate that fused silica fibre can be reheated to fusion temperatures and retain original high strength. The results are statistically analysed with respect to variations in breaking load, fibre and splice diameter, and relative humidity.

Keywords

BREAKING LOAD
FUSION SPLICING
OPTICAL FIBRES
SINGLE-MODE
RELATIVE HUMIDITY
SPLICE DIAMETER
ORIGINAL STRENGTH RETENTION
H2-CL2-O2 FLAME
REHEATING
SIO2

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