Abstract:
An optical fiber including: (i) a silica based, Yb doped core having a first index of refraction nj, said core comprising more than lwt % of Yb, said core having less than 5 dB/km loss at a wavelength situated between 1150 run and 1350 nm and less than 20 dB/km loss at the wavelength of 1380 nm and slope efficiency of over 0.8; and (ii) at least one silica based cladding surrounding the core and having a second index of refraction n2, such that n\> n2.
Abstract translation:一种光纤,包括:(i)具有第一折射率nj的二氧化硅基Yb掺杂芯,所述芯包括大于1wt%的Yb,所述芯在波长处具有小于5dB / km的损耗,位于1150nm 1350 nm,波长1380 nm时损耗小于20 dB / km,斜率效率超过0.8; 和(ii)至少一个围绕所述芯并且具有第二折射率n2的基于二氧化硅的包层,使得n 1> n 2。
Abstract:
Layered glass structures and fabrication methods are described. The methods include depositing soot on a dense glass substrate to form a composite structure and sintering the composite structure to form a layered glass structure. The dense glass substrate may be derived from an optical fiber preform that has been modified to include a planar surface. The composite structure may include one or more soot layers. The layered glass structure may be formed by combining multiple composite structures to form a stack, followed by sintering and fusing the stack. The layered glass structure may further be heated to softening and drawn to control linear dimensions. The layered glass structure or drawn layered glass structure may be configured as a planar waveguide.
Abstract:
An optical fiber having a core comprising silica and greater than 1.5 wt% chlorine and less than.5 wt% F, said core having a refractive index Δ1MAX, and a inner cladding region having refractive index Δ2MIN surrounding the core, where Δ1MAX > Δ2MIN.
Abstract:
One embodiment of the disclosure relates to a method of making an optical fiber comprising the steps of: (i) exposing a silica based preform with at least one porous glass region having soot density of r to a gas mixture comprising SiCl4 having SiCl4 mole fraction ySiCl4 (preferably of less than 0.03) at a doping temperature Tdop such that parameter X is larger than 0.03 to form the chlorine treated preform, wherein X is defined as a function of density r, doping temperature Tdop, SiCl4 mole fraction ySiCl4, and the density ps of the fully densified soot layer; and (ii) exposing the chlorine treated preform to temperatures above 1400 °C to completely sinter the preform to produce sintered optical fiber preform with a chlorine doped region; and (iii) drawing an optical fiber from the sintered optical preform.
Abstract:
Manufacturing an optical fiber by using an outside vapor deposition technique for making a substrate, applying one or more layers to the substrate using a radial pressing technique to form a soot blank, sintering the soot blank in the presence of a gaseous refractive index-modifying dopant, and drawing the sintered soot blank, provides a more efficient and cost effective process for generating complex refractive index profiles.
Abstract:
A process for the manufacture of a synthetic silica product by vapour-phase oxidation of a silica precursor material in a flame not less than 60 % of the silica in the deposited product being derived by oxidation of: (A) one or more straight chain volatile silicon compounds of the general formula: R3Si.O(SiR2O)n.SiR3 and/or (B) one or more cyclic volatile silicon compounds of the general formula: SinOn(R)2n. Doped or undoped fume powder, porous silica soot or fully densified bodies made by the process are also claimed.