Abstract:
PURPOSE:To attenuate unnecessary light shifting to the other optical axis speedily and to obtain a large quenching rate by providing a light absorbing part which contains transition elements diffused onto either one of characteristic axes of polarization differing in light propagation constant to the outer circumference of a jacket enclosing a core. CONSTITUTION:A couple of grooves 2 are formed at facing positions in the internal surface of a quartz pipe support 1; and quartz wires 3 containing a large quantity of a transition metal such as Fe, Cu, and Pd are inserted into the grooves 2 and an SiO2 glass film is deposited in the support 1 to a specific thickness and heated to form an intermediate collapse. Then, the elliptic jacket 5 containing much B2O3, a clad 6 of SiO2, and the core 1 in the form of an SiO2 layer containing GeO2 are deposited successively in the collapse and while the pressure in the collapse is reduced, a base material made solid by being heated is drawn to obtain a polarization-plane conserving optical fiber which has light absorving parts 4a and 4b of the quartz wire 3 on the short axis of the jeacket 5. Then, a polarized signal coincident with the long-axis direction of the jacket 5 is sent as a less-noise polarized signal of good quality because the polarization in the short-axis direction of the jacekt 5 due to variation in external stress of the optical fiber, etc., is absorbed.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for determining a condition for producing a glass body suitable for producing a glass body containing each dopant at a concentration close to the set concentration. SOLUTION: In a first step, an initial value V X1 is set for the flow rate of a raw material gas of a dopant X, and the flow rate V Y1 of a raw material gas of a dopant Y is determined on the basis of the yield E Y (V X1 ) of the dopant Y when the flow rate of the raw material of the dopant X is V X1 and the set concentration of the dopant Y. In a second step, the flow rate V X1 of the raw material gas of the dopant X is determined on the basis of the yield E X (V Y1 ) of the dopant Y when the flow rate of the raw material of the dopant Y is V Y1 and the set concentration of the dopant X. The first step and the second step are alternately executed. In the alternate execution of the first and second steps, the flow rates V X1 and V Y1 of the raw materials of the dopants X and Y at a time when the expected concentration of each dopant satisfies a predetermined determination condition are determined as the set flow rate V X0 and V Y0 . COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an amplifying optical fiber doped with rare earth elements capable of maximizing gain medium efficiency in a specific gain configuration. SOLUTION: The present invention relates to an amplifying optical fiber having a central core and an optical cladding surrounding the central core wherein the central core is based on a silica matrix including nanoparticles composed of a matrix material including doping ions of at least one of an rare earth element. The matrix of the nanoparticle is selected to assist rare earth solubility and dispersion, and to assist an amplification process. Furthermore, the present invention relates to optical amplifier and an optical laser including the optical fiber according to the present application. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a method of preparing the nanoparticles, a method of manufacturing the optical fiber according to the present application, and the use of the optical fiber. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To minimize a noise to be generated by scattered rays of light, and to increase the signal output of an amplifier as a result in a glass fiber for a light amplifier comprising a matrix glass containing at least one type of heavy metal oxide. SOLUTION: This invention relates to a glass fiber, comprising a core, the matrix glass of which contains the oxide of Bi, Te, Se, Sb, Pb, Cd, Ga and As, and/or mixed oxide, and/or at least one type of heavy metal oxide selected from among those mixtures and at least one type of rare earth compound, wherein the above mentioned core is surrounded by at least two glass clad layers, and a change Δn in refractive index from that of the core to that of the first clad is ranging from 0.001 to 0.08, and the refractive index of the first clad is set so as to be lower than that of the core. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT