New silica-based low-loss optical fibre

Abstract

A new type of silica-based optical fibre has been made from relatively cheap and abundant materials. The attenuation is very low over the entire range from the near ultraviolet to the gallium-arsenide-laser wavelength. The minimum loss of 2.7 dB/km occurs at 0.83μm.

Electronics Letters (1974) Vol.10(15) pp.289-290

doi: 10.1049/el:19740231

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