Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for economically producing a quartz glass rod consisting of synthetic quartz glass with a radially and axially homogenous refractive index curve. According to the invention, a whole cylinder consisting of quartz glass is coated with a coating tube consisting of porous glass, the latter shrinking onto the whole cylinder during sintering. The coating tube has a predetermined refractive index which ensures that there is a maximum increase in the refractive index value of 0.001 in the area of a contact surface between the whole cylinder and the shrank-on coating cylinder. A solid quartz glass rod produced in this way is characterized by a homogenous refractive index distribution in an axial and radial direction and comprises a whole cylinder consisting of synthetic quartz glass which is encased in a quartz glass layer formed by a coating tube consisting of porous quartz glass that is sintered and shrunk on with a maximum increase in the refractive index of 0.001 in the area of a contact surface. The inventive quartz glass rod is used for economically producing a preform for multimode fiber optical waveguides.
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, and iii.) forming a silica glass article from at least some of the glass melt, step i.) consisting of steps I. producing a silica powder using at least two particles made from a silicon-chlorine compound, II. bringing the silica powder into contact with steam so as to obtain a treated silica powder, and III. granulating the treated silica powder so as to obtain a silica granulate, the chlorine content of the silica powder being higher than the chlorine content of the silica granulate. The invention further relates to a silica glass article that can be obtained by said method. The invention also relates to a method for producing a silica granulate. The invention finally 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:
The present invention relates to an optical member for deep ultraviolet having a wavelength of 250 nm or shorter, containing a synthetic silica glass which does not substantially contain a halogen element, has a maximum OH group content of less than 10 ppm by weight, has contents of ODC (oxygen deficient centers) and E-prime center of each less than 1×10 14 cm -3 , does not substantially contain SiH and peroxy linkage, and has a fictive temperature of 1,050°C or lower.
Abstract translation:本发明涉及一种波长为250nm以下的深紫外线用光学构件,其含有基本上不含卤素元素的合成石英玻璃,其OH基含量的最大值在10ppm以下,具有含量 的ODC(缺氧中心)和E-prime中心各自小于1×10 14 cm -3,基本上不含有SiH和过氧键,并且具有1050℃或更低的假想温度。
Abstract:
A method for manufacturing a glass base material for an optical fiber by forming a core rod having a core section and a portion of a clad, forming an additional clad by depositing glass particles on circumference of the core rod, and performing a sintering and vitrifying process on an obtained porous base material, includes the step of forming the core rod in order that the relation 3.75≤a/m≤6 is satisfied, where 'a' denotes an outer diameter of a section corresponding to the core rod, and 'm' denotes a mode field diameter at 1385nm in wavelength with regard to the optical fiber obtained by drawing the glass base material.
Abstract:
According to an embodiment of the invention a method of manufacturing optical fiber cane comprises the steps of: (i) providing a core rod manufactured of relatively low viscosity glass; (ii) depositing SiO2 based soot around the core rod to form a soot preform, the soot being of relatively high viscosity material such that the softening point of the low viscosity glass is at least 200°C lower than the viscosity of the high viscosity outer core region; and (iii) consolidating the soot of the soot perform by exposure to hot zone at temperatures of 1000°C-1600°C. The soot is consolidated by heating the outer portion of the soot perform at a relatively fast heating rate, the heating rate being sufficient to densify the soot, so as to render the densified material with enough rigidity to confine the heated core rod and to prevent the heated core rod from puddling.