It is shown that OD formation in optical fibres due to the deuterium molecule can become a barrier to OH formation in optical fibres exposed to hydrogen, although it cannot be a barrier to the absorption due to the hydrogen molecule in a fibre. The mechanism is discussed.
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Mochizuki et al. (1984) studied this question.
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