Abstract:
A method of manufacturing an O-ring type optical waveguide wherein a layer of fused silica is formed on the smooth cylindrical surface of an elongated member of fused silica and thereafter a thin layer of doped fused silica having an index of refraction greater than that of said fused silica is formed over said layer of fused silica. A second layer of fused silica is then formed over the layer of doped fused silica and the composite structure is heated to its drawing temperatures and drawn to reduce the cross sectioned area thereof to form an optical waveguide having a cylindrical layer of higher refractive index interposed between a core and an outer cylindrical layer of lesser refractive index.
Abstract:
A method of depositing a layer comprising SiO.sub.2 on a surface of a substrate at a rate which is temperature independent is disclosed. The method includes combining dichlorosilane (SiH.sub.2 Cl.sub.2) with an oxidizing gas, such as O.sub.2, CO.sub.2, N.sub.2 O, H.sub.2 O, to form SiO.sub.2.
Abstract:
A METHOD OF FORMING AN OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE BY FIRST FORMING A COATING OF GLASS ON THE INSIDE WALL OF A GLASS TUBE, THE GLASS TUBE AND THE FIRST COATING BEING OF SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR MATERIAL. THEREAFTER, A SECOND COATING OF GLASS IS APPLIED TO THE INSIDE WALL OF THE GLASS TUBE OVER THE FIRST COATING, SAID SECOND COATING HAVING A PRESELECTED DIFFERENT INDEX OF REFRACTION FROM THAT OF THE FIRST COATING. THE GLASS TUBE AND COATING COMBINATION IS THEREAFTER DRAWN TO REDUCE THE CROSS-SECTIONAL AREA AND TO COLLAPSE THE SECOND AND INNER COATING OF GLASS TO FORM A FIBER HAVING A SOLID CROSS-SECTIONAL AREA. THE COLLAPSED INNER COATING FORMS THE FIBER CORE AND THE FIRST COATING FORMS THE CLADDING FOR THE FIBER WHILE THE EXTERIOR GLASS TUBE PROVIDES STRUCTURAL STRENGTH FOR THE FIBER.
Abstract:
A manufacturing method of a large-outer-diameter quartz crucible for a Czochralski (CZ) single crystal is provided. The manufacturing method is a vacuum arc method, and specifically includes: releasing a high-temperature arc with an electrode bundle composed of 2N+1 electrodes to fuse a crucible blank, and performing rapid cooling to form an initial quartz crucible product, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 2; the 2N+1 electrodes include one central main electrode and 2N auxiliary electrodes; the 2N auxiliary electrodes are equidistantly distributed on a circumference with the central main electrode as a center; the central main electrode is aligned at an axis of the crucible mold; the 2N auxiliary electrodes are connected to two phases of an industrial three-phase power, and the two phases are alternately arranged on the auxiliary electrodes; the central main electrode is connected to a remaining phase of the industrial three-phase power.
Abstract:
A preform for optical fiber made of a quartz glass sintered body which is made from quartz glass powder as a main raw material, in which at least a portion of the quartz glass sintered body is an opaque body, the opaque body has a visible light transmittance of 90% or less at a length of 5 mm or less in one direction, and the opaque body has a bulk density of 2.1 g/cm3 or more, or the opaque body has a visible light transmittance of 90% or less at a length of 5 mm or less in one direction, and the opaque body has an open porosity of 3.5% or less.
Abstract:
According to some embodiments a method of processing an optical fiber comprises the steps of: (i) drawing the fiber at a drawing rate of at least 30 m/sec; and (ii) cooling the drawn fiber in a gas at an average cooling rate less than 5000° C./s, such that said cooling reduces the temperature of the fiber from an entering temperature in the range between 1500° C. and 1700° C. to another temperature in the range between 1200° C. and 1400° C., the gas being at a temperature between 800° C. and 1500° C.; and the thermal conductivity κ of the gas being not greater than 1.5×10−4 cal/cm-s-K for at least one temperature within a range of 800° C. to 1500° C. at one atm (atmosphere) pressure absolute.
Abstract:
One exemplary embodiment of this disclosure relates to a transfer molding assembly. The assembly includes a die having a molding cavity interconnected with a reservoir. The assembly further includes a heater operable to heat the die, and a load plate configured to move under its own weight to transfer material from the reservoir into the molding cavity.
Abstract:
A method for producing a pore-containing opaque quartz glass includes: (a) producing porous SiO2 granulate particles from synthetically produced SiO2, (b) thermally densifying the SiO2 granulate particles to form partly densified SiO2 granulate particles, (c) forming a dispersion from the partly densified SiO2 granulate particles, (d) comminuting the partly densified SiO2 granulate particles to form a slip containing comminuted SiO2 granulate particles, (e) shaping the slip into a shaped body and forming a porous SiO2 green body with a green density rG, and (f) sintering the SiO2 green body into opaque quartz glass. To produce opaque quartz glass that is also suited for the use of spray granulate, during step (b), partly densified SiO2 granulate particles are produced with a specific surface BET-(A) between 0.025 and 2.5 m2/g, and during step (d), comminuted SiO2 granulate particles are produced with a specific surface BET-(B) between 4 and 10 m2/g.
Abstract:
Provided is a method of producing a preform 10P for a coupled multi-core fiber including: an arranging process P1 for arranging a plurality of core glass bodies 11R and a clad glass body 12R in such a way that the plurality of core glass bodies 11R are surrounded by the clad glass body 12R; and a collapsing process P2 for collapsing a gap between the core glass bodies 11R and the clad glass body 12R, wherein the respective core glass bodies 11R have outer regions 16 having a predetermined thickness from the periphery surfaces and made of silica glass undoped with germanium, and the clad glass body 12R is made of silica glass having a refractive index lower than a refractive index of the outer regions of the core glass bodies 11R.
Abstract:
A method for producing synthetic quartz glass by fusion of SiO2 granulate involves synthesizing amorphous SiO2 primary particles, granulating the amorphous SiO2 primary particles to form an open-pore SiO2 granulate, sintering the open-pore SiO2 granulate by heating in a sintering atmosphere at a sintering temperature and for a sintering period to form a densified SiO2 granulate, and melting the densified SiO2 granulate at a melting temperature to form the synthetic quartz glass. To provide an inexpensive production of low-bubble transparent components of quartz glass despite the use of still open-pore SiO2 granulate, the sintering atmosphere, sintering temperature and sintering duration are adjusted such that the densified SiO2 granulate still comprises open pores but manifests a material-specific infrared transmission T1700 at a wavelength of 1700 nm. This transmission is in the range of 50-95% of the infrared transmission T1700 of quartz glass granules of the same material.