Graded index optical fibres

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1983-08-12

1984-06-05

McCarthy, Helen M.

Compositions: ceramic

Ceramic compositions

Glass compositions, compositions containing glass other than...

65 313, 350 9634, 501 37, 501 65, 501 66, C03C 308, C03C 1300, G02B 514

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ABSTRACT:
A range of alkali metal borosilicate glass compositions modified by the addition of alkaline earth metal oxides has been found to be especially suitable for the production of graded index optical fibre using the double crucible method. A core glass from this range may be paired with a suitable cladding glass, which may be another glass from the same range or an unmodified alkali metal borosilicate, so that in the nozzle of the double crucible thermal diffusion takes place to give a composition gradient of alkaline earth metal oxide and hence a refractive index gradient. The fibres thus obtained have better refractive index profiles if the proportions of the oxides in the core and cladding glasses are chosen so as to exclude a simple ion-exchange mechanism. Fibres having numerical apertures of up to 0.268 and best loss values as low as 5.0 dB/km have been prepared.

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Newns, G. R. "Compound Glasses for Optical Fibres", 2nd European Conf.-Optical Communications, Paris (1976) pp. 22-26.

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