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Fiber Fuse: Light-Induced Continuous Breakdown of Silica Glass Optical Fiber

By Shin-ichi Todoroki (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer Japan
Year
2014
ISBN
978-4-431-54576-7, 978-4-431-54577-4
DOI
10.1007/978-4-431-54577-4
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3482045 bytes)
Series
NIMS Monographs
Edition
1
Pages
58\67
Time added
2014-06-12 06:00:00
NetworksOptical and Electronic Materials; OpticsOptoelectronicsPlasmonics and Optical Devices; Communications Eng

Description

This book describes the fiber fuse phenomenon that causes a serious problem for the present optical communication systems. High-power light often brings about catastrophic damage to optical devices. Silica glass optical fibers with ultralow transmission loss are not the exception. A fiber fuse appears in a heated region of the fiber cable delivering a few watts of light and runs toward the light source destroying its core region. Understanding this phenomenon is a necessary first step in the development of future optical communication systems. This book provides supplementary videos and photographs to help understand what occurs in the fiber, including the classification of its propagation mode and self-pumping effect. These findings are good references for other optical devices exposed to ultrahigh-power light such as laser emitters.

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