Drawing-induced defect centres are investigated in pure silica optical fibres drawn from the preforms consolidated in O2-including atmospheres. The drawing-induced E′ centres decrease while the peroxy radicals increase with increasing flow rate of O2 into the consolidation furnance. The γ-ray-induced loss of these fibres is also examined.
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Hibino et al. (1986) studied this question.