Abstract:
A multicomponent particulate gel includes 80-100 mole% SiO 2 , 1-10 mole% X 2 O, 1-10 mole% YO, 1-15 mole% Al 2 O 3 , and 0.1-5.0 weight% Er 2 O 3 , where X represents lithium, sodium, potassium, or mixtures thereof and Y represents calcium, barium, magnesium, lead or mixtures thereof, and the ratio of Al 2 O 3 to (X 2 O+YO) is between about 0.9 and about 2.5. A process of manufacturing the gel includes hydrolyzing alkoxide derivatives of silicon, aluminum, erbium, lithium, sodium, potassium, calcium, barium, magnesium, lead or mixtures thereof in water to generate their respective hydroxide derivatives; polymerizing the hydroxide derivatives to produce a gel slurry comprising an essentially silica network; and drying the gel slurry to produce the gel.
Abstract translation:多组分颗粒凝胶包括80-100摩尔%的SiO 2,1-10摩尔%的X 2 O,1-10摩尔%的YO,1-15摩尔%的Al 2 O 3和0.1-5.0重量的Er 2 O 3,其中X代表锂,钠,钾, 或其混合物,Y表示钙,钡,镁,铅或其混合物,Al 2 O 3与(X 2 O + YO)的比例在约0.9至约2.5之间。 制造凝胶的方法包括在水中水解硅,铝,铒,锂,钠,钾,钙,钡,镁,铅或其混合物的醇盐衍生物以产生它们各自的氢氧化物衍生物; 聚合氢氧化物衍生物以产生包含基本上二氧化硅网络的凝胶淤浆; 并干燥凝胶浆以产生凝胶。
Abstract:
Disclosed are a chemically durable porous glass of which the skeleton mainly comprises SiO₂-ZrO₂ system glass having a ZrO₂ content of 2 or more wt %, and a process for the production of such glass.
Abstract:
A quartz glass lamp vessel 1 or 21 is used in many types of lamps. Sometimes it is expedient to absorb a certain portion of the emission spectrum. In accordance with the prior art this is possible by including rare earth metal oxides in the quartz glass. The solubility of rare earth metal oxides in quartz glass is, however, limited. According to the invention, quartz glass is used which contains an alkali metal oxide and, optionally, an alkaline earth metal oxide, in addition to a rare earth metal oxide. The alkali metal oxide increases the solubility of the rare earth metal oxide, so that rare earth metal oxides can be used in larger concentrations. This results in glasses which have a higher degree of absorption, from which lamp vessels can be produced. Fig. 6 to be included.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for producing a silica glass article, involving method steps i.) providing a silica granulate, ii.) forming a glass melt from the silica granulate in a furnace, and iii.) forming a silica glass article from at least some of the glass melt, the furnace including a suspended sheet metal crucible. The invention further relates to a silica glass article that can be obtained by said method. The invention also relates to an optical waveguide, an illuminant and a molded article, each of which can be obtained by further processing the silica glass article.
Abstract:
Disclosed in the application are a synthetic silica glass having low fluence-dependent transmission, particularly at about 193 nm, and a process for making the same. The glass may desirably exhibit a low level of fluorescence at 290 and 390 nm when activated at about 248 nm. The glass may desirably exhibit low level of LIWFD, [SiH*] and/or [ODC].
Abstract:
A doping optimized single-mode optical fiber with ultralow attenuation includes a core layer and cladding layers. The cladding layers has an inner cladding layer surrounding the core layer, a trench cladding layer surrounding the inner cladding layer, an auxiliary outer cladding layer surrounding the trench cladding layer, and an outer cladding layer surrounding the auxiliary outer cladding layer. The content of fluorine in the core layer is ≤ 0.5 wt%, Δ Ge ≤ 0.12%, Δn 1 ≤ 0.12%. The content of fluorine in the inner cladding layer is 0.5-1.5 wt%, Δn 2 ≤ -0.14%. The content of fluorine in the trench cladding layer is 1-3 wt%, Δn 3 ≤-0.25%. The content of fluorine in the auxiliary outer cladding layer is 0.5-2 wt%, Δn 4 ≤-0.14%. The outer cladding layer is a pure silicon dioxide glass layer and/or a metal-doped silicon dioxide glass layer. The present invention can decrease the viscosity of the core layer, so that the core layer can better match the inner cladding layer and the trench cladding layer. In addition, the core layer is combined with the metal-doped outer cladding layer having a matching viscosity. In this way, the virtual temperature of the optical fiber is overall decreased. And by means of the trench cladding layer design, fundamental mode leakage is restrained, thereby achieving ultralow attenuation performance.
Abstract:
Ultralow expansion titania-silica glass. The glass has high hydroxyl content and optionally include one or more dopants. Representative optional dopants include boron, alkali elements, alkaline earth elements or metals such as Nb, Ta, Al, Mn, Sn Cu and Sn. The glass is prepared by a process that includes steam consolidation to increase the hydroxyl content. The high hydroxyl content or combination of dopant(s) and high hydroxyl content lowers the fictive temperature of the glass to provide a glass having a very low coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE), low fictive temperature (Tf), and low expansivity slope.