Irina Severin and M. Caramihai and K. Chung and G. Tasca and T. Park
Mechanical and Chemical Reliability Assessment of Silica Optical Fibres
589 - 594
2009
3
10
International Journal of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering
https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10561
https://publications.waset.org/vol/34
World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
The current study has investigated the ageing
phenomena of silica optical fibres in relation to water activity which might be accelerated when exposed to a supplementary energy, such as microwaves. A controlled stress by winding fibres onto accurate
diameter mandrel was applied. Taking into account that normally a
decrease in fibre strength is induced in time by chemical action of water, the effects of cumulative reagents such as water, applied stress and supplementary energy (microwave) in some cases acted in
the opposite manner. The microwave effect as a structural relaxation
catalyst appears unexpected, even if the overall gain in fibre strength is not high, but the stress corrosion factor revealed significant
increase in certain simulation conditions.
Open Science Index 34, 2009