Doped glass and process for making

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1983-03-18

1985-12-10

Kellogg, Arthur

65 312, 65 32, 65 182, C03B 37025

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045575614

ABSTRACT:
Technique for making glass having a predetermined refractive index profile using fluorine doping and fluorine etching. A substrate glass body is coated with a plurality of successively applied vapor deposited glass layers wherein each succeeding layer is built with a larger quantity of fluorine than the adjacent preceding layer. The amount of the doping in each layer is such as to achieve the desired refractive index profile. Fluorine etching is employed to provide a uniform core before the glass body is heat fused into a rod-like structure suitable for the preparation of light waveguides for use in optical communications technology.

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