ECOC 1975 - ECOC 2013

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One Optical Cable Performance Measure.
The cable quality performance factor as which is proposed is
related to microbending loss. The mean and spread of the
as values within a cable can be related to 6 requirements
and repeater spacing. Since as is readily calculated from
loss measurements alone, this provides a convenient method
of evaluating cable designs.
Methods of packaging fibers in cables [5,6] which give
promise of making it possible to control the as values in
a cable are considered.
REFERENCES
[1] Schwartz, M. I.: "Optical Cabling and Splicing", Digest
of Topical Meeting on Optical Fiber Transmission,
Jan. 7-9, 1975, Williamsburg, Virginia, pp. WA2-1 ­
WA2-4.
[2] Gardner, W. B. and Gloge, D.: "Microbending Loss in
Coated and Uncoated Optical Fibers", Digest of Topical
Meeting on Optical Fiber Transmission, Jan. 7-9, 1975,
Williamsburg, Virginia, pp. WA3-1 - WA3-4.
[3] Gloge, D. and Marcatili, E. A. J.: "Multimode Theory
of Graded Core Fibers", BSTJ, Vol. 52, No.9,
November 1973.
[4] Olshansky, R. and Keck, D. B.: "Material Effects on
Minimizing Pulse Broadening", Digest of Topical Meeting
on Optical Fiber Transmission, Jan. 7-9, 1975,
Williamsburg, Virginia, pp. TUC5-1 - TUC5-4.
[5] Gloge, D.: "Optical-Fiber Packaging and Its Influence
on Fiber Straightness and Loss", BSTJ, Vol. 54, No.2,
February 1975.
[6] Miller, R. A.: "Fiber Cabling", Digest of Topical
Meeting on Optical Fiber Transmission, Jan. 7-9, 1975,
Williamsburg, Virginia, pp. WAl-l - WAl-4.