摘要:
The invention includes stabilized negative thermal expansion glass-ceramic optical waveguide substrates and methods of stabilizing negative thermal expansion glass-ceramic optical waveguide substrates. The stabilized substrates have very stable physical characteristics such as dimensional length when exposed to extreme environments. The stabilized substrate (20) is used to athermalize an optical waveguide device (19) in which an optical fiber grating (22) is attached to the substrate (20) by fusion seals (24) and epoxy seals (26).
摘要:
The invention includes environmentally stable athermalized optical fiber gratings and methods of making such a stabilized optical waveguide fiber grating. Stable humidity-resistant athermalized fiber Bragg gratings (19) are provided by stabilizing a negative thermal expansion substrate (20) and utilizing a durable frit (24) to attach the fiber Bragg grating to the substrate.
摘要:
An athermal optical device and a method for producing the device, such as an athermal optical fiber reflective grating, are described. The athermal optical fiber reflective grating device comprises a negative expansion substrate, an optical fiber mounted on the substrate surface, and a grating defined in the optical fiber. The method for producing the athermal optical fiber reflective grating device comprises providing a negative expansion substrate, mounting an optical fiber with at least one reflective grating defined therein onto the substrate upper surface, and affixing the optical fiber to the substrate at at least two spaced apart locations.
摘要:
Geopolymer composite materials having low coefficient of thermal expansion are disclosed. The materials are useful in high temperature applications due to their low coefficient of thermal expansion and high strength. Also disclosed is a boron modified water glass geopolymer composition that is compatible with ceramic particulate material such as cordierite and fused silica. The geopolymer composite may be extruded to form structures such as honeycomb monoliths, flow filters or used as a plugging or skinning cement and may be fired at temperatures at or below 1100°C. Both the structures and the cement have high green and fired strength, a low coefficient of thermal expansion, and good acid durability. The cost of manufacturing objects using the material of the present invention is substantially reduced, in comparison with typically production methods of cordierite based bodies, due to the substantially shortened firing times.
摘要:
Disclosed is a substantially transparent glass-ceramic ceramic, and a method for making a glass-ceramic, exhibiting an aluminogallate spinel crystal phase and having a glass-ceramic composition that lies within the SiO2-Ga¿2O¿3-Al¿2?O3-K2O-Na2O- system and particularly consisting essentially, in weight percent on an oxide basis, of 25-55% SiO2, 9-50% Ga2O3, 7-33% Al2O3, 0-20% K2O, 0-15% Na2O, 0-6 Li2O and 5-30% K2O + Na2O, the glass ceramic microstructure containing a crystal phase comprising at least 5%, by weight, of aluminogallate spinel crystals. Another aspect disclosed is optical element selected from the group consisting of an optical fiber, a gain or laser medium, and an amplifier component, a saturable absorber, with the element comprising a transparent glass-ceramic of the same composition and containing a crystallinity of at least about 5% by weight of aluminogallate spinel crystals.
摘要翻译:本发明公开了一种基本透明的玻璃陶瓷陶瓷和一种制造玻璃陶瓷的方法,该玻璃陶瓷具有铝镓酸盐尖晶石晶相并且具有位于SiO 2 -Ga 2 O 3 -Al 2 O 3内的玻璃陶瓷组合物 -K2O-Na2O-体系,特别是以氧化物基准重量百分比为25-55%SiO2,9-50%Ga2O3,7-33%Al2O3,0-20%K2O,0-15%Na2O, 0-6 Li2O和5-30%K2O + Na2O,所述玻璃陶瓷微观结构含有包含至少5重量%的铝硅酸盐尖晶石晶体的结晶相。 所公开的另一方面是从由光纤,增益或激光介质以及放大器部件,可饱和吸收体组成的组中选择的光学元件,所述元件包括具有相同组成的透明玻璃陶瓷并且包含结晶度为 至少约5重量%的铝硅酸盐尖晶石晶体。
摘要:
An aluminum titanate-based ceramic article having a composition comprising u (Al2O3-TiO2) + v (R) + w (3Al2O3-2SiO2) + x (Al2O3) + y (SiO2) + z (1.1SrO-1.5Al2O3-13.6SiO2-TiO2) + a (Fe2O3-TiO2) + b (MgO-2TiO2), where, R is SrO-Al2O3-2SiO2 or 11.2SrO-10.9Al2O3-24.1SiO2-TiO2, where u, v, w, x, y, z, a and b are weight fractions of each component such that (u+v+w+x+y+z+a+b=1), and 0.5
摘要:
An internally nucleated, toughened cordierite glass-ceramic is disclosed. The cordierite glass-ceramic has good oxidation resistance and fracture toughness and coefficient of thermal expansion rivaling that of silicon nitride. The glass-ceramic may be cast as a liquid. Annealing produces a material of high crystallinity combining high hardness, high Young's modulus, good thermal stability, high strength, low density and good dielectric properties. The glass-ceramic comprises interlocking crystalline phases dominated by cordierite and a second phase having an elongated or acicular structure. A third phase may comprise a crystalline ceramic that promotes acicularity of the second phase. The third phase is preferably capable of twinning.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a glass matrix which includes 4-70 wt.% SiO2, 0.5-20 wt.% Al2O3, 0-20 wt.% R2O, 0-30 wt.% R'O, 8-85 wt.% Ta2O5, 0-40 wt.% Nb2O5, and 0.01-1.0 wt.% R''2O3, where R2O + R'O is between about 2-35 wt.%, Ta2O5 + Nb2O5 is between about 8-85 wt.%, R is selected from a group consisting of Li, Na, K, and combinations thereof, R' is selected from a group consisting of Ba, Sr, Ca, Mg, Zn, Pb, and combinations thereof, and R'' is a rare earth element. The present invention also relates to use of the glass matrix in forming optic waveguides such as optic amplifiers. The present invention further relates to a transparent glass ceramic that contains pyrochlore, perovskite, or a combination thereof as its major crystal phase, and includes 4-40 wt.% SiO2, 1-15 wt.% Al2O3, 0-20 wt.% K2O, 0-12 wt.% Na2O, 0-5 wt.% Li2O, 8-85 wt.% Ta2O5, and 0-45 wt.% Nb2O5, wherein Ta2O5 + Nb2O5 is at least about 20 wt.% and (K2O + Li2O + Na2O) is between about 5-20 wt.%. Also disclosed is a method of making the glass ceramic and use of the glass ceramic as a ferro-electric component in electro-optical devices or as a filtering core in an optical filtering device.
摘要:
Nanocrystalline glass-ceramic materials based on β-quartz solid solution Mg-rich phases formed in the system SiO2-Al2O3-MgO-Li2O-TiO2(ZnO, BaO, ZrO2, P2O5). Articles made from the glass-ceramic materials exhibit a crystal phase assemblage of a fine-grained, microstructure which is predominantly β-quartz, and at least one additional phase selected from enstatite and spinel, and having a composition which consists essentially of, in weight percent on the oxide basis, 40-65 % SiO2, 10-40 % Al2O3, 5-25 % MgO, 0.5-4 % Li2O, 5-15 % TiO2, and up to 5 % ZrO2, such that the sum of (TiO2 + ZrO2) is at least 9 %. The glass-ceramide article is particularly useful for memory disk applications.