An extremely low OH v.a.d. fibre has been fabricated. The attained minimum OH concentration is estimated to be 0.8 ppb and optical loss below 1 dB/km is realised in the extended wavelength range from 1.1 to 1.7 μm.
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Hanawa et al. (1980) studied this question.