Thermal variation of attenuation for optical fibers

Abstract

Thermal variation of attenuation for multi-component and high-silica glass fibers has been measured at 0.63 μm wavelength in a temperature range from 20°C to 600°C. The multicomponent glass fibers have shown no increase in loss below 400°C, whereas the high-silica glass fibers have shown a drastic, exponential increase in loss with increasing temperature. The observed change of attenuation has been explained on the basis of the shift of the ultra-violet absorption band calculated from temperature change of refractive index. The increase in optical loss, calculated from the obtained data of refractive index and dispersion parameters at each temperature, shows good agreement with the observed increase in loss.