Fiber Fuse: Light-Induced Continuous Breakdown of Silica Glass Optical Fiber (NIMS Monographs) - Softcover

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Todoroki, Shin-ichi

 
9784431545767: Fiber Fuse: Light-Induced Continuous Breakdown of Silica Glass Optical Fiber (NIMS Monographs)

Synopsis

This concise introduction to the fiber fuse phenomenon, which can cause catastrophic damage to optical communications, features the author’s research data as well as high-quality photographs and video material in its package of online supporting materials.

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About the Author

Todoroki Shin-ichi
Photonic Materials Unit, National Institute for Materials Science, Ibaraki, Japan.

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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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ISBN 10:  4431545786 ISBN 13:  9784431545781
Publisher: Springer, 2014
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