Abstract Fiber to the home networks plays a substantial role in helping operators to satisfy the increasing bandwidth demands of their subscribers. The dissemination of these networks brings new challenges, mainly in terms of the reliability of the optical fibers, especially when deployed in aggressive environments. In this work, we study the aging behavior of optical fibers in the presence of sodium chloride (NaCl) solutions, which can be a good indicator for the worst-case scenario of fiber deployed in seashore areas. In this perspective, the tensile stress behavior of the aged fibers was analyzed, and its lifetime was estimated, indicating an accentuated decrease in the lifetime, with the increase of the aging period, from the typically predicted 40 years down to near ~2 years.

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在氯化钠水溶液中老化的光纤寿命预测：在海滨地区的部署方向

摘要 光纤到户网络在帮助运营商满足用户日益增长的带宽需求方面发挥着重要作用。这些网络的传播带来了新的挑战，主要是在光纤的可靠性方面，尤其是部署在恶劣环境中时。在这项工作中，我们研究了光纤在氯化钠 (NaCl) 溶液存在下的老化行为，这可以很好地指示在海滨地区部署光纤的最坏情况。从这个角度来看，分析了老化纤维的拉伸应力行为，并对其寿命进行了估算，表明随着老化时间的增加，寿命显着缩短，从通常预测的 40 年下降到近 2 年。