走向光纤的清晰度极限 在光纤中
1Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies, Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974-0636, USA. gordonat@mit.edu
Nature
|April 5, 2000
概括
水的污染限制了光纤的清晰度. 这项研究模拟了玻璃棒中的水扩散,揭示了比预期更快的水进入,并使得干光纤的性能提高.
科学领域:
- 材料科学 材料科学 材料科学
- 光学通信是指光学通信.
- 物理化学 物理化学
背景情况:
- 光纤对于全球通信至关重要,但其性能受到玻璃 (SiO2) 中水污染的限制.
- 现有的光纤具有足够的传输窗口,但水中的杂质限制了它们的全部潜力.
研究的目的:
- 量化分析光纤玻璃棒中的水的空间分布.
- 开发一种数学模型,解释水的扩散到化玻璃中.
- 确定制造"干燥"光纤的方法,以提高清晰度.
主要方法:
- 测量用于光纤绘制的玻璃棒内的水分布.
- 在圆柱体对称介质中扩散的数学模型的开发.
- 在高温下分析水扩散动力学.
主要成果:
- 水从外部进入光纤玻璃杆.
- 水扩散到化玻璃中的速度明显快于低温推断预测的速度.
- 该研究成功阐明了光纤中水污染的物理.
结论:
- 对水的扩散的理解导致了干光纤的发展.
- 这些干纤维呈现出一个澄清和扩展的通信窗口.
- 增强的光纤有望带来新的应用,并增加信息传输能力.
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