Abstract:
A microstructured optical fiber is described. The microstructured optical fiber comprises an inner region and an outer region. The inner region includes an inner material and a plurality of holes formed in the inner material. The outer region surrounds the inner region, and includes an outer material. The softening point temperature of the inner material is greater than the softening point temperature of the outer material by at least about 50 °C. Microstructured optical fiber preforms and methods for making the microstructured optical fibers are also described. The microstructured optical fiber may be made to have substantially undistorted holes in the inner region.
Abstract:
An SiO2-based fibre optical waveguide for transmitting a high light power density is produced in a two-step process whereby the preform is produced first and the fibre optical waveguide is drawn from the preform. When the core material (5) is separated with SiCl4 and O2, the compound GeCl4 is added in the quantity necessary to obtain a GeO2 concentration of between 0.001 mol % and 1 mol % in the core (9) and to ensure that the core (9) refractive index differs from the refractive index of the SiO2 by less than 0.001. Alternatively, the preform can be treated with an atmosphere containing H2 after the core material (5) has been separated.
Abstract:
The inner surface of a quartz glass crucible is crystallized, without adding any impurity, during the period in which a silicon single crystal is pulled up, whereby the deterioration of the inner surface of the crucible can be inhibited while preventing any impurity causative of crystal defects from coming into the single crystal. This crucible is effective in heightening the degree of conversion into a single crystal and is suitable for improving crucible productivity and the quality of silicon single crystals. The crucible is characterized by comprising a crucible base (3) which is a translucent quartz glass layer and a synthetic quartz glass layer (4) formed on the inner wall of the base (3) and by having been constituted so that that part of the inner crucible surface which is surrounded by a brown ring is evenly crystallized during the period in which a silicon single crystal is pulled up.
Abstract:
A single mode optical fiber having a core made from silica and less than or equal to about 11 weight % germania and having a maximum relative refractive index Δ1MAX. The optical fiber also has an inner cladding surrounding the core and having a minimum relative refractive index Δ2MIN, a first outer cladding surrounding the inner cladding and a second outer cladding surrounding the first outer cladding. The viscosity at 1650° C. of the second outer cladding minus the viscosity at 1650° C. of the first outer cladding is greater than 0.1e7 Poise, and Δ1MAX>Δ2MIN. The single mode optical fiber may also have an outer cladding surrounding the inner cladding made from silica or SiON. The first outer cladding has a maximum relative refractive index Δ3MAX, and Δ3MAX>Δ2MIN.
Abstract:
A single mode optical fiber having a core made from silica and less than or equal to about 11 weight % germania and having a maximum relative refractive index Δ1MAX. The optical fiber also has an inner cladding surrounding the core and having a minimum relative refractive index Δ2MIN, a first outer cladding surrounding the inner cladding and a second outer cladding surrounding the first outer cladding. The viscosity at 1650° C. of the second outer cladding minus the viscosity at 1650° C. of the first outer cladding is greater than 0.1e7 Poise, and Δ1MAX>Δ2MIN. The single mode optical fiber may also have an outer cladding surrounding the inner cladding made from silica or SiON. The first outer cladding has a maximum relative refractive index Δ3MAX, and Δ3MAX>Δ2MIN.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a silica glass compound having improved physical and chemical properties. In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a silica glass having a desirable brittleness in combination with a desirable density while still yielding a glass composition having a desired hardness and desired strength relative to other glasses. In another embodiment, the present invention relates to a silica glass composition that contains at least about 85 mole percent silicon dioxide and up to about 15 mole percent of one or more dopants selected from F, B, N, Al, Ge, one or more alkali metals (e.g., Li, Na, K, etc.), one or more alkaline earth metals (e.g., Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, etc.), one or more transition metals (e.g., Ti, Zn, Y, Zr, Hf, etc.), one or more lanthanides (e.g., Ce, etc.), or combinations of any two or more thereof.