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By using a ‘build-in casting’ method, a low-transmission-loss fluoride glass fibre was obtained, whose minimum loss was 21 dB/km at 2.55 μm. A loss-factor analysis for the fibre clarified that the main factor was impurity absorption; Fe2+ and OH were especially dominant.
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Mitachi et al. (1982) studied this question.
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