Abstract
We estimate the effect of Ge doping on the acoustic damping coefficient of silica fibers. We show that an acoustically multimode fiber with a characteristic central index dip, such as that observed in modified chemicalvapor deposition (MCVD)-type fibers, can provide adequate data for a reasonable estimation. This may result from the fact that the scattering integral of each acoustic mode in such a waveguide is strongly positiondependent in the radial direction where there is a varying Ge content.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1614-1620 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue number | 8 |
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| State | Published - Aug 1 2009 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics