Two optical fiber pullers have been designed for pulling ZBLAN optical fiber in reduced gravity. One fiber puller was designed, built and flown on board NASA's KC135 reduced gravity aircraft. A second fiber puller has been designed for use on board the International Space Station.


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    Title :

    Reduced Gravity Zblan Optical Fiber


    Contributors:
    D. S. Tucker (author) / G. L. Workman (author) / G. A. Smith (author)

    Publication date :

    2000


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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