Fiber Fuse Light-Induced Continuous Breakdown of Silica Glass Optical Fiber /

• Main Author: Todoroki, Shin-ichi (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: NIMS Monographs,
• Subjects: Materials science.; Optics.; Optoelectronics.; Plasmons (Physics).; Electrical engineering.; Optical materials.; Electronic materials.; Materials Science.; Optical and Electronic Materials.; Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices.; Communications Engineering, Networks.

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 appea...

Table of Contents:

• Silica glass optical fiber and fiber fuse
• Fiber fuse propagation modes
• Periodic void formation
• Delayed response of silica melt to pump modulation
• Conclusion
• Appendix A Comparison with bulk silica glass modification by continuous-wave laser
• Appendix B Fiber fuse in materials other than silica glass.