Abstract
The diffusion of water into optical fiber cores can affect both fiber loss1 and bandwidth.2 Water contamination can produce added toss in the fiber core during three different phases: preform manufacture; fiber drawing; and tong term environmental exposure. The first two phases have been studied previously.3-5 However, environmental data on fused silica require longer exposure times. One would like to have an activation energy which would allow the calculation of concentration changes as a function of temperature. Thus one could calculate the effect of water diffusion in a fiber based on the expected operating conditions for that fiber. Reported here is the first measurement of the activation energy for OH diffusion in a fiber core.
© 1981 Optical Society of America
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