Electronics Letters · 1974 · 15 citations · 0 references
Natural SciencesMaterials EngineeringMaterials ScienceOptical MaterialsOpticsPhotonicsFiber OpticsFiber PropertiesOptical FibersOptical Properties Of MaterialsOptical WaveguidesRefractive IndexFiber AttenuationFiber CharacterizationFiber Optic WaveguidesGraded-index FibersOptical Fiber WaveguidesRefractive Index ProfileRefractive Index ProfilingWaveguide Loss
Total attenuation and scatter loss measurements have been made on optical-fibre waveguides produced with graded refractive-index profiles in GeO-2-SiO2 cores. The total attenuation of the fibres at semiconductor-laser wavelengths has been reduced to less than 4 dB/km.