Abstract:
Disclosed is a process for the production of a silica vessel which comprises both a base body that contains bubbles in the outer peripheral portion and an inner layer that consists of transparent silica glass and that is formed on the inner surface of the base body. The process comprises: preparing a base body-forming raw material powder that has a total concentration of Li, Na and K of 50wt.ppm or less and an inner layer-forming raw material powder that contains Ca, Sr and Ba in a total amount of 50 to 2000wt.ppm; forming a preform for the base body in a mold; forming a preform for the inner layer on the inner surface of the perform for the base body; and heating the thus-obtained composite preform in a gaseous atmosphere that contains hydrogen, helium, or a mixture of both in an amount exceeding 10vol% by an electric discharge heating-melting method from the inside of the composite preform to convert the outer peripheral portion of the preform for the base body into a sintered body and to convert the inner peripheral portion of the preform for the base body and the preform for the inner layer into a molten glass body. Thus, both a process by which a silica vessel with high dimensional accuracy and high heat resistance can be produced at a low cost and such a silica vessel are provide
Abstract:
Disclosed is a process for the production of a silica vessel which comprises both a base body that contains bubbles in the outer peripheral portion and an inner layer that consists of transparent silica glass and that is formed on the inner surface of the base body. The process comprises: preparing a base body-forming raw material powder that has a total concentration of Li, Na and K of 50wt.ppm or less and an inner layer-forming raw material powder that contains Ca, Sr and Ba in a total amount of 50 to 2000wt.ppm; forming a preform for the base body in a mold; forming a preform for the inner layer on the inner surface of the perform for the base body; and heating the thus-obtained composite preform in a gaseous atmosphere that contains hydrogen, helium, or a mixture of both in an amount exceeding 10vol% by an electric discharge heating-melting method from the inside of the composite preform to convert the outer peripheral portion of the preform for the base body into a sintered body and to convert the inner peripheral portion of the preform for the base body and the preform for the inner layer into a molten glass body. Thus, both a process by which a silica vessel with high dimensional accuracy and high heat resistance can be produced at a low cost and such a silica vessel are provide
Abstract:
The present invention provides a method of making rare earth (RE) doped optical fiber using BaO as co-dopant instead of Al or P commonly used for incorporation of the RE in silica glass by MCVD and solution doping technique. The method comprises deposition of particulate layer of GeO 2 doped SiO 2 with or without small P 2 O 5 for formation of the core and solution doping by soaking the porous soot layer into an aqueous solution of RE and Ba containing salt. This is followed by dehydration and sintering of the soaked deposit, collapsing at a high temperature to produce the preform and drawing of fibers of appropriate dimension. The use of Ba-oxide enables to eliminate unwanted core-clad interface defect which is common in case of Al doped fibers. The fibers also show good RE uniformity, relatively low optical loss in the 0.6-1.6 μm wavelength region and good optical properties suitable for their application in amplifiers, fiber lasers and sensor devices.
Abstract:
A method of making fused silica includes generating a plasma, delivering reactants comprising a silica precursor into the plasma to produce silica particles, and depositing the silica particles on a deposition surface to form glass.
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:
A first liquid (30) in a container (28) goes to a burner (14). Then a second liquid (34) in a second container (32) goes to the burner (14). The burner then makes soot which is deposited as silica (38) on a substrate (36).
Abstract:
The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for forming soot used in making glass, and in particular, optical waveguides. A liquid precursor (66) is first fed into orifice (52) of a liquid orifice insert (48) within an injector (44) positioned within an atomizing burner assembly, and is thereafter discharged from the injector into a pressurization chamber (56). An atomization gas (70) is also fed into the pressurization chamber (56) to mix with the liquid precursor liquid stream (68) which breaks into droplets (76). The liquid precursor and atomization gas are forced under pressure out of an atomization orifice (32) on the face of the burner (30) assembly. Flame gas (74), reaction gas (84) and shield gas (82) are ejected from burner orifices (40, 38, 36 and 34) to produce the flame. The atomized liquid precursor thus discharged is fed into the flame (72) produced at the face of the burner assembly where the atomized liquid precursor reacts with the flame to form soot (78) on a rotating mandrel (80).