Abstract:
The present invention relates to a glass article for use as an optical waveguide fiber (1), the core (4) of which is doped with a chalcogenide element to significantly increase the refractive index of the core (4). The subject of this invention is novel doped silica core composition wherein a portion of the oxygen in the silica is replaced with either sulfur, selenium or tellurium using plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD). These compositions are designed to have higher refractive indices than silica, low coefficient of expansion, high optical transparency and appropriate viscosity and softening points to make them ideal candidates for use as optical waveguide fibers.
Abstract:
A method of forming a preform which has a glass core surrounded by an outer glass cladding with a coating of a light interactive material disposed between the core and cladding. The method includes providing a glass core having a viscosity which lies within a given preselected temperature range, followed by forming a substantially homogeneous coating of a light interactive material over the surface of the core, with the coating material having a viscosity which is equal to or less than the viscosity of the glass core. A glass cladding is formed over the coated layer, with the cladding glass having a viscosity which overlaps the viscosity of the core glass and a thermal coefficient of expansion compatible with that of the core. The light interactive material is an inorganic material which includes a metal, metal alloy, ferrite, magnetic material and a semiconductor.
Abstract:
Die Erfindung betrifft ein Verfahren zur Herstellung von optischen Gläsern und Farbgläsern mit Hilfe eines Flüssigphasensinterprozesses aus einem Ausgangsmaterial umfassend wenigstens SiO 2 -Pulver sowie Zusatzstoffe zur Reduzierung der Temperatur des Sinter- und/oder Schmelzprozesses umfassend die nachfolgenden Schritte: die Ausgangsmaterialien werden in einem flüssigen Medium soweit hierin löslich gelöst und soweit hierin nicht löslich dispergiert ergebend eine Suspension aus dem gelösten und dispergierten Ausgangsmaterial wird einGrünkörper hergestellt der Grünkörper wird getrocknet der getrocknete Grünkörper wird bei Temperaturen geringer als 1200° C, insbesondere im Temperaturbereich von 600° C bis 1200° C flüssigphasengesintert.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a glass article for use as an optical waveguide fiber (1), the core (4) of which is doped with a chalcogenide element to significantly increase the refractive index of the core (4). The subject of this invention is novel doped silica core composition wherein a portion of the oxygen in the silica is replaced with either sulfur, selenium or tellurium using plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD). These compositions are designed to have higher refractive indices than silica, low coefficient of expansion, high optical transparency and appropriate viscosity and softening points to make them ideal candidates for use as optical waveguide fibers.
Abstract:
A method of forming a preform which has a glass core surrounded by an outer glass cladding with a coating of a light interactive material disposed between the core and cladding. The method includes providing a glass core having a viscosity which lies within a given preselected temperature range, followed by forming a substantially homogeneous coating of a light interactive material over the surface of the core, with the coating material having a viscosity which is equal to or less than the viscosity of the glass core. A glass cladding is formed over the coated layer, with the cladding glass having a viscosity which overlaps the viscosity of the core glass and a thermal coefficient of expansion compatible with that of the core. The light interactive material is an inorganic material which includes a metal, metal alloy, ferrite, magnetic material and a semiconductor.
Abstract:
The present invention is directed to a fluorinated rare earth doped glass composition and method for making a glass-ceramic optical article therefrom, e.g. optical fiber waveguides, fiber lasers and active fiber amplifiers, having application in the 1300 nm and 1550 nm telecommunications windows. The inventive compositions include Pr3+ and/or Dy3+ in a concentration range of between 300 - 2,000 ppmw and Ag+ in a concentration range of between 500 - 2,000 ppmw; or Er3+ in a concentration range of between 500 - 5,000 ppmw and Ag+ in a concentration range of between 0 - 2,000 ppmw. The monovalent silver ion provides an ionic charge balanced glass-ceramic crystal. These compositions exhibit reduced or absent rare earth ion clustering and fluorescence quenching effects in the presence of high concentrations of rare earth ion dopants.
Abstract:
A kink-resistant hose construction (10) adapted for conveying fluids under high pressure which is flexible intermediate a central longitudinal axis (12) to a minimum bend radius. The construction includes a thermoplastic core (14) having an inner surface (16) defining the inner diameter of the hose and an outer surface (18), and an innermost reinforcement layer (20) is formed as a composite of at least one metallic wire element and at least one non-metallic fibre element. The metallic wire element is wound helically in one direction over the outer surface of the core a predetermined pitch angle measured relative to the longitudinal axis to define a series first turns. Each of these first tuns is spaced-apart from an adjacent first turn to define successive pairs of first turns each having an interstitial area therebetween. The fiber element, in turn, is wound helically over the outer surface of the core in the same direction and at the same pitch angle as the metallic wire element to define a series of second turns each disposed intermediate a corresponding one of the pairs of the first turns or the wire element. The fiber element substantially occupies the interstitial area between each of the pairs of the first turns of the wire element to thereby prevent the wall of the core from being extruded therebetween as the hose is flexed to its minimum bend radius.
Abstract:
Disclosed is an optical device (10) and a method for preparing refracted microlenses (18) in a single step, utilizing laser-induced surface structure formation in semiconductor doped glasses (SDG's). The SDG materials, in conjunction with above-bandgap wavelength laser sources, used to fabricate lenses that operate with light of below-bandgap wavelengths. In accordance with the teaching of this invention, lenses on approximately 5-500 νm diameter scale are fabricated individually or arrays by laser irradiation of absorbing glasses. The microlenses have controllable characteristics and can be fabricated to have focal lengths as short as tens of microns. The lenses are generally parabolic or spherical in shape and are highly reproducible. This invention also teaches a method for fabricating a microlens within a window of a laser diode assembly, and a laser diode assembly fabricated in accordance with the method.
Abstract:
석영 유리관 양단이 부분 콜랩싱된 후에 불순물 성분이 도핑되어 불순물 도핑 공정이 안정적으로 수행되고 도핑된 불순물 성분의 양이 증가될 수 있는 수정된 화학 기상 증착법을 사용하여 광섬유 프리폼을 제조하는 방법 및 이 방법을 사용하여 제조된 비선형 광섬유가 개시된다. 이 방법은 석영 유리관에 클래딩층과 코어층을 형성하는 단계; 코어층을 부분 소결하는 단계; 클래딩층 및 부분 소결된 코어층이 형성된 석영 유리관의 양단을 부분 수축시키는 단계; 및 코어층의 소결된 부분을 불순물 성분으로 도핑하는 단계를 포함하고, 이로 인해 제조된 광섬유 프리폼이 소정의 기능을 갖게 된다. 수정된 화학 기상 증착법(MCVD), 광섬유 프리폼, 비선형 광섬유
Abstract:
PURPOSE: A production method of optical fiber preforms by modified chemical vapor deposition is provided, which performs stable doping of impurities and increases the amount of dopant by depressing the ends of quartz glass tube partially and doping impurities, especially semiconductor particles. CONSTITUTION: The optical fiber preforms are produced by the following steps of: forming the cladding and core layers in a quartz glass tube(52); sintering the core layer partially; depressing the ends of quartz glass tube where the cladding and partially sintered core layers are formed; and doping impurities, especially nano-sized semiconductor fine particles such as PbTe, PbS, SnTe, CuCl and CdSe, into the partially sintered part. Nonlinear optical fibers are also produced by the above method.