Abstract:
The present invention concerns an optical guide (100) comprising an amplifier medium including: a core (10) in a main matrix of a transparent material, the main matrix containing particules (1, 2), each particule being formed of a submicronic matrix distinct from the main matrix and doped by an active metal element, an external guiding cladding (11) in contact with the core (10). The size of the particules (1, 2) is smaller than 20 nm. The present invention also concerns a method for producing this guide.
Abstract:
An optical waveguide including a core having silica, Al, a non-fluorescent rare-earth ion, Ge, Er, and Tm. The non-fluorescent rare-earth ion may be La. Exemplary compositions concentrations are Er is from 15 ppm to 3000 ppm, Al is from 0.5 mol % to 12 mol %, La is less than or equal to 2 mol %, Tm is from 15 ppm to 10,000 ppm; and the Ge is less than or equal to 15 mol %. The core may further include F. An exemplary concentration of F is less than or equal to 6 anion mol %.
Abstract:
A method for controlling the refractive index achieved using a fluorine dopant gas, wherein CF4 is employed as the dopant gas, and the soot preform is doped using the CF4 for a time and temperature sufficient to result in a decrease in fluorine dopant nearest the surface which is in contact with the CF4 gas.
Abstract:
The method and apparatus for producing liquid silicon of high purity and for casting silicon. Hydrogen and a hydrogenated silane in gaseous state are mixed, preferably with a source of a small amount of oxygen, in a heated chamber producing the liquid silicon, with the exhaust gases bubbling out of the melt under a baffle. The chamber for the melt of liquid silicon preferably is lined with silicon dioxide. The liquid silicon may be used in making high purity vitreous silica and may be used in making castings of silicon. In making castings, the liquid silicon is accumulated in a second chamber and is periodically drawn from the second chamber into a third chamber which contains the mold for the casting.
Abstract:
The method and apparatus for producing liquid silicon of high purity and for casting silicon. Hydrogen and a hydrogenated silane in gaseous state are mixed, preferably with a source of a small amount of oxygen, in a heated chamber producing the liquid silicon, with the exhaust gases bubbling out of the melt under a baffle. The chamber for the melt of liquid silicon preferably is lined with silicon dioxide. The liquid silicon may be used in making high purity vitreous silica and may be used in making castings of silicon. In making castings, the liquid silicon is accumulated in a second chamber and is periodically drawn from the second chamber into a third chamber which contains the mold for the casting.
Abstract:
A method is provided for producing high purity oxide products of phosphorus and silicon such as, for example, a P2O5 and SiO2 glass wherein a silicon alkoxide is directly reacted with phosphorous acid, phosphoric acid, phosphorus pentoxide, or mixtures thereof, in the absence of any addition of a separate hydrolysis catalyst to produce a single phase solution reaction product and this reaction product with water is converted to a two-phase system, which two-phase system is removed of its free liquid components and the residue is then thermally decomposed to produce a product of phosphorus and silicon. This oxide product may be converted to a substantially unitary shape by conventional melting techniques or by conventional sintering techniques. The product may be used as an additive in conventional glass melting operations to supply at least a portion, and preferably all, of the P2O5 and/or silica requirements of the batch or the product may be compacted and suitably fired into a substantially unitary body, which body is an excellent target in sputtering applications for forming films on semiconductive materials such as, for example, silicon chips.
Abstract translation:提供了一种用于生产磷和硅的高纯度氧化物产物的方法,例如P2O5和SiO2玻璃,其中硅烷氧化物直接与亚磷酸,磷酸,五氧化二磷或其混合物反应,在不存在 任何添加单独的水解催化剂以产生单相溶液反应产物,并且该反应产物与水反应转化为两相体系,其两相体系除去其游离液体组分,然后将残余物热分解成 产生磷和硅的产物。 该氧化物产物可以通过常规熔融技术或通过常规烧结技术转化为基本上单一的形状。 该产品可以用作常规玻璃熔融操作中的添加剂,以供应批料或产物的至少一部分,优选全部P 2 O 5和/或二氧化硅的要求或可以压实并适当地烧制成基本上单一的主体, 该体是用于在半导体材料(例如硅芯片)上形成薄膜的溅射应用中的优异靶标。
Abstract:
An optical fiber has a core region that is doped with one or more viscosity-reducing dopants in respective amounts that are configured, such that, in a Raman spectrum with a frequency shift of approximately 600 cm−, the fiber has a nanoscale structure having an integrated D2 line defect intensity of less than 0.025. Alternatively, the core region is doped with one or more viscosity-reducing dopants in respective amounts that are configured such that the fiber has a residual axial compressive stress with a stress magnitude of more than 20 MPa and a stress radial extent between 2 and 7 times the core radius.According to another aspect of the invention a majority of the optical propagation through the fiber is supported by an identified group of fiber regions comprising the core region and one or more adjacent cladding regions. The fiber regions are doped with one or more viscosity-reducing dopants in respective amounts and radial positions that are configured to achieve viscosity matching among the fiber regions in the identified group.
Abstract:
Various embodiments described herein include rare earth doped glass compositions that may be used in optical fiber and rods having large core sizes. Such optical fibers and rods may be employed in fiber lasers and amplifiers. The index of refraction of the glass may be substantially uniform and may be close to that of silica in some embodiments. Possible advantages to such features include reduction of formation of additional waveguides within the core, which becomes increasingly a problem with larger core sizes.