Thermal stress measurements in optical fibre preforms using preform profiling techniques

An analysis is presented of the effect of thermal stress on transverse refractive-index profiling of optical-fibre preforms. The theory leads to a new measurement technique for axial stress profiling.

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Main Authors: Poole, S.B (Author), Varnham, M.P (Author), Payne, D.N (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 1984.
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