Increased durability of optical fiber through the use of compressive cladding.
Durable fibers having a thin Ti-doped silica surface layer were fabricated by using the refined fabrication process of compressive cladding. High surface-compressive stresses up to 0.69 GPa (100 kpsi) resulted in significant improvement in fatigue resistance of optical-fiber waveguides.
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