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Accelerated Cooling of Optical Fiber

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

S. Kyriacou ,
C. E. Polymeropoulos  and
V. Sernas
S. Kyriacou
Affiliation:
Rutgers University, Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, P.O. Box 909, Piscataway, New Jersey 08855, U.S.A.
C. E. Polymeropoulos
Affiliation:
Rutgers University, Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, P.O. Box 909, Piscataway, New Jersey 08855, U.S.A.
V. Sernas
Affiliation:
Rutgers University, Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, P.O. Box 909, Piscataway, New Jersey 08855, U.S.A.
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Abstract

A novel apparatus for accelerated cooling of optical fiber has been used at different fiber speeds using Nitrogen and Helium as the cooling gases. The gas flow was counter to the direction of the fiber motion inside a small diameter tube. The experimental results show significant improvement over natural cooling, as well as over available transverse cooling.

Type
Research Article
Information
MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 172: Symposium P – Optical Fiber Materials and Processing , 1989 , 49
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1990

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