Rayleigh scattering in fluoride glass optical fibres

1 January 1983

journal article
Published by Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in Electronics Letters

Vol. 19 (5), 165-166
https://doi.org/10.1049/el:19830115

Abstract

The present study has verified for the first time the explicit λ−4 Rayleigh behaviour of light scattering in fluoride glass optical fibres and has projected an ultra-low Rayleigh scattering loss of at least 0.012 dB/km at 4 μm.

Keywords

WAVELENGTH 4 MICRON
RAYLEIGH SCATTERING LOSS
LIGHT SCATTERING
F GLASS OPTICAL FIBRES
EXPLICIT RAYLEIGH BEHAVIOUR

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Loss Measurements
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