Abstract:
A fiber optic construction is described combining low OH (preferably 0/d ratios to provide extended life expectancy fiber optics for use in high-temperature environments.
Abstract:
A fiber optic construction is described combining low OH (preferably 0 /d ratios to provide extended life expectancy fiber optics for use in high-temperature environments.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a process for the synthesis of a silica monolith according to a process known as a "sol-gel process" that comprises the following steps: ° hydrolysis of a silicon alkoxide in order to form a hydrolysis precursor followed by a condensation of said hydrolysis precursor in the presence of an organic solvent, in the presence of water and of a basic catalyst in order to form oligomeric clusters containing several silicon atoms; ° dispersion of said oligomeric clusters in a solution in order to form a sol; ° polymerization of the sol in order to obtain a gel via a first heat treatment, at a temperature below the boiling point of the constituents of the sol; ° drying of the gel via a second heat treatment including an exposure of the gel to around 90°C for at least 24 hours followed by an increase in temperature, under vacuum, between around 90°C and around 180°C, said temperature increase being between 0.1°C/min and 5°C/min; ° conversion of the gel to a xerogel via a third heat treatment, said heat treatment including a hold at a drying temperature between 850 and 1000°C for at least an hour; ° dehydration and densification of the xerogel until the silica monolith is obtained via a fourth heat treatment, said fourth heat treatment comprising a hold at a temperature above 1100°C for at least one hour. The present invention also relates to a silica monolith obtained by the process of the invention, having a concentration of -OH groups of less than 1 ppm. The present invention also discloses the use of the monolith of the invention for producing optical fibres.
Abstract:
According to a previously known method for producing an optical component from synthetic quartz glass, a coaxial arrangement comprising an outer jacket tube (4), an inner jacket tube (3) that is provided with an internal bore, and a core rod (1) whose bottom face rests on a thrust bearing within the internal bore, is fed into a heating zone in a vertical orientation, is softened therein zone by zone, and is elongated so as to obtain the quartz glass component. In order to create a simple and inexpensive method that is based on said method and makes it possible to reproducibly manufacture a high-quality optical component, the thrust bearing is embodied as a constriction (6) of the internal bore of the inner jacket tube.
Abstract:
Bei einem bekannten Verfahren zur Herstellung eines optischen Bauteils aus synthetischem Quarzglas wird eine koaxiale Anordnung - umfassend ein äußeres Mantelrohr, ein eine Innenbohrung aufweisendes inneres Mantelrohr und einen in der Innenbohrung mit seinem unteren stirnseitigen Ende an einem Widerlager aufliegenden Kernstab - in vertikaler Ausrichtung einer Heizzone zugeführt, darin zonenweise erweicht und zu dem Quarzglas-Bauteil elongiert. Um hiervon ausgehend ein einfaches und kostengünstiges Verfahren anzugeben, das eine reproduzierbare Herstellung eines optischen Bauteils hoher Qualität ermöglicht, wird erfindungsgemäß vorgeschlagen, dass das Widerlager als Verengung der Innenbohrung des inneren Mantelrohres ausgebildet ist.
Abstract:
The invention includes methods and apparatus for depositing soot onto a glass surface to minimize water in the deposited soot and the diffusion of the water into the glass surface. The invention includes depositing a first layer of soot a on the glass surface at a first forward traverse rate and depositing a second layer of soot at a second forward traverse rate.
Abstract:
Amorpher poröser offenporiger SiO2-Formkörper, dadurch gekenn- zeichnet, dass er aus zwei Schichten besteht, und die Schichten eine identische Struktur und Zusammensetzung besitzen.
Abstract:
A method for manufacturing an optical fiber preform including a dehydration process by photochemical reaction is provided. The method performs forming a clad and a core according to a predetermined refractive index profile by repeated deposition and sintering of soot particles by means of oxidation of soot generation gas, and a dehydration step for removing moisture and hydroxyl groups from a soot deposition region by means of photochemical reaction is executed between the deposition and sintering. The dehydration step activates dehydration gas into ionic or atomic state by irradiating light, in a wavelength range capable of inducing activation of the dehydration gas, from light source to the dehydration gas including chlorine and supplied to the soot deposition region, and then adsorbs the activated dehydration gas onto surface of the soot in order to induce dehydration reaction with moisture or hydroxyl groups.
Abstract:
High purity synthetic vitreous silica particles, characterized in that it is derived from an alkali metal silicate and has a total metal impurity content of 1 μg/g or less, and in particular has an oxygen deficient defect. The melt of the high purity synthetic vitreous silica particles exhibits a high viscosity similar to that of the melt of natural quartz, and the above synthetic vitreous silica has a high purity similar to that of a conventional synthetic quartz and can be produced at a reduced cost.
Abstract:
A method for forming EUV Lithography large dimension homogeneous glass body is disclosed which includes delivering a silica precursor (28) to a burner (16) and passing the silica precursor (16) through the flame (36) of the burner (16) to form silica particles (38), depositing the silica particles (38) on a planar surface (14) to form a flat porous EUV Lithography large dimension preform (40) and consolidating the flat porous EUV Lithography large dimension preform (40) into a flat dense EUV Lithography large dimension homogeneous glass body.