摘要:
A method of applying a silica having fluorine therein by spraying silica simultaneously with a fluorine-containing gas by a POD method plasma torch.
摘要:
An apparatus for producing fused silica includes at least one anodic plasma arc electrode and at least one cathodic plasma arc electrode adjustably arranged with respect to one another so that the plasma arcs formed thereby couple together to form a plasma arc coupling zone. A feedstock material is fed into a region between the electrodes or to a region near the electrodes where the plasma arc coupling zone is formed. A platform is located beneath the plasma arc coupling zone to receive the silica product which is formed in the plasma arc coupling zone. The platform may be rotated about its axis and move up and down along its axis. A cooling device also may be included with the platform. The plasma anode torch used in the apparatus includes a cylindrical nozzle with a non-consumable, copper, blunt ended electrode disposed therein. A channel is provided between the electrode and the nozzle wall to allow the plasma gas to pass through the torch.
摘要:
Method for the production of fused silica in which a particulate silica feedstock material is passed from a silica feed tube through or near a plasma arc coupling zone in which at least two plasma arcs of opposite polarity are coupled, thereby raising the temperature of the feedstock material and collecting the material as fused silica.
摘要:
An optical fiber preform is formed by plasma chemical vapor deposition utilizing a plasma torch that includes a chamber into which a plasma starting gas, such as argon, is introduced and converted to a plasma by application of high frequency electromagnetic energy. A suitable entry port is provided in the torch chamber to allow dopant material in solid form to be introduced directly into the plasma for vaporization or ionization. The dopant material passes into a lower temperature region where gaseous silica precursor gases are introduced to undergo reaction in the presence of the vaporized dopant to form appropriately doped silica particles for deposition onto a substrate. Solid dopants of low volitility or vapor pressure may be used as dopants which could not otherwise be used in vapor deposition processes. The absence of hydrogen in the reaction dynamics results in a preform having greatly reduced hydroxyl ion content. If desired, a high-purity starting glass, rather than the precursor gases, can be introduced directly into the plasma to form the appropriately doped material.
摘要:
The invention gives a coating with a very high vitrification rate. The resulting surface has physicochemical characteristics which are similar to those of fluoride glass. In order to achieve this result, the material constituting the fluoride glass enamel quickly crosses the temperature range between the melting point and the glossy transition temperature. Moreover, the metallic substrate temperature must be high enough to enable an active physiochemical process at the glass-metal interface which results in a correct "hooking". A "hooking" temperature is higher than one where a physical adhesion occurs, which results from Van der Waals interactions without any formation of chemical bonds at the glass-metal interface. The particular chemical reactivity of molten fluorides, which otherwise results in critical problems of corrosion, is in this case a favorable factor which generally reduces the hooking temperature to a level which is far below the glass melting temperature.
摘要:
A method for manufacturing an optical fiber preform includes the steps of depositing an inner cladding and a central core inside a fluorine doped silica tube and thereafter collapsing the silica tube to form a primary preform. The fluorine doped silica tube has a cross section area that is no more than about 15 percent smaller than the cross section area of the resulting primary preform. The present method facilitates reduced-cost manufacturing of a high-capacity optical fiber preform, which may be drawn to produce an optical fiber having reduced transmission losses.
摘要:
A method for manufacturing an optical fiber preform includes the steps of depositing an inner cladding and a central core inside a fluorine doped silica tube and thereafter collapsing the silica tube to form a primary preform. The fluorine doped silica tube has a cross section area that is no more than about 15 percent smaller than the cross section area of the resulting primary preform. The present method facilitates reduced-cost manufacturing of a high-capacity optical fiber preform, which may be drawn to produce an optical fiber having reduced transmission losses.
摘要:
The present invention provides an installation for fabricating or overcladding an optical fiber preform, which installation includes an inductive torch for producing a plasma from a plasma generating gas and material feed means and is characterized in that said plasma generating gas is a mixture of a first gas chosen from diatomic gases and mixtures of at least two gases and argon in a proportion by volume from 0.5% to 10%.
摘要:
The invention relates to a method of doping silica with fluorine. The method described comprises mixing a powder of silica granules with a solid fluorine compound, thermally decomposing the solid fluorine compound under an inert atmosphere, and densifying the granules to obtain dense grains of doped silica. It is preferable to use ammonium bifluoride. The invention is applicable to preparing high index silica glass, in particular for fabricating optical fiber preforms.
摘要:
Apparatus (1) is dedicated to plasma buildup of an optical fiber preform (2). The apparatus comprises firstly a plasma torch (3) fed with plasma-generating gas by primary feed means (5) and arranged in such a manner as to enable a buildup material to be deposited on a primary preform (2) for building up in the presence of a silica-based material, and secondly secondary feed means (9) arranged to introduce at least one reducing element upstream from the primary preform (2), the reducing element reacting to induce reduction of the nitrogen oxides produced by the interaction between nitrogen and oxygen of the air contained in the enclosure in which buildup takes place in the presence of the plasma generated by the plasma torch (3).