Hydrogen-induced loss increases in germanium-doped single-mode optical fibres: long-term predictions |
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Authors: | Tomita A Lemaire PJ |
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Affiliation: | AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, USA; |
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Abstract: | A spectrally broad loss increase occurs in GeO2-doped optical fibres exposed to hydrogen at elevated temperatures. This is the primary H2-induced loss mechanism in GeO2-doped single-mode fibres for temperatures above 20 C. Loss increases at 1.3 and 1.55 ?m are predicted to be less than 0.01 dB km after 20 years. |
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