{"title":"Reduction of OH absorption loss by deuteration in new glass materials for ultralow-loss fiber","authors":"K. Tsujikawa, M. Ohashi","doi":"10.1109/OFC.1997.712969","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"In conclusion, we report K/sub 2/O-MgO-SiO/sub 2/ (KMS) glass as a new candidate for use in fabricating ultralow-loss fiber. Its scattering properties and stability against phase separation are comparable or superior to those of sodium-silicate glasses such as NAS. We also achieved a loss reduction in NAS glass fiber of 800 dB/km at 1.55 /spl mu/m by OH-OD substitution.","PeriodicalId":133333,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of Optical Fiber Communication Conference (","volume":"105 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1997-02-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Proceedings of Optical Fiber Communication Conference (","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OFC.1997.712969","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
In conclusion, we report K/sub 2/O-MgO-SiO/sub 2/ (KMS) glass as a new candidate for use in fabricating ultralow-loss fiber. Its scattering properties and stability against phase separation are comparable or superior to those of sodium-silicate glasses such as NAS. We also achieved a loss reduction in NAS glass fiber of 800 dB/km at 1.55 /spl mu/m by OH-OD substitution.