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Thermal focusing of radiation in optical fibers

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The influence of external thermal factors on optical fibers is considered. The phenomenon of periodic breakdown observed in gradient-index fibers can be explained by radiation focusing, by which the intensity can grow up to a level sufficient to produce damage of the core material.

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  1. State Academy of Telecommunications and Informatics, Samara, Russia

    A. G. Glushchenko & V. M. Petropavlovskiĭ

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Original Russian Text © A.G. Glushchenko, VM Petropavlovskiĭ 2007, published in Pis’ma v Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoĭ Fiziki, 2007, Vol. 33, No. 14, pp. 66–71

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Glushchenko, A.G., Petropavlovskiĭ, V.M. Thermal focusing of radiation in optical fibers. Tech. Phys. Lett. 33, 616–618 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S106378500707022X

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