Fracture Strength of Air-Clad Microstructured Fibers

Véronique François; Seyed Sadreddin Aboutorabi

Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and The National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
OSA Technical Digest Series (CD) (Optica Publishing Group, 2007),
paper OThA4

Fracture Strength of Air-Clad Microstructured Fibers

Véronique François and Seyed Sadreddin Aboutorabi

Optical Fiber Communication Conference 2007

Anaheim, California United States
25–29 March 2007
ISBN: 1-55752-830-6

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V. François and S. S. Aboutorabi, "Fracture Strength of Air-Clad Microstructured Fibers," in Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and The National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, OSA Technical Digest Series (CD) (Optica Publishing Group, 2007), paper OThA4.

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Abstract

Measurement of microstructured fiber (MSF) bending strength is reported for the first time. Both coated and chemically stripped MSF are found to exhibit fracture bending strengths comparable to standard communications fiber.

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