Optical fibers made from multicomponent glass

Details Optical fibers made from multicomponent glass Optical fibers made from multicomponent glass

2006-07-04

2006-07-04

Healy, Brian (Department: 2883)

Optical waveguides

Having particular optical characteristic modifying chemical...

Of waveguide core

C385S141000, C385S144000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07072562

ABSTRACT:
The stepped optical fiber has a core glass member and a surrounding cladding glass member. It has a high numerical aperture (NA)≧0.50. The core glass member preferably has a zinc-containing composition including, in % by weight, SiO2, 42 to 53; ZnO, 16 to 38; PbO, 1 to 20; Na2O, <14; K2O, <12; with a sum of ZnO and PbO≧30 and a sum of Na2O and K2O is ≧2. The cladding glass composition, which is compatible with this core glass, includes, in percent by weight, SiO2, 60 to 72; B2O3, <20; Al2O3, <10; Na2O, <18; and K2O, <15. The resulting optical fiber has low attenuation, very neutral color transmission and low manufacturing costs. Other cladding glass compositions resulted in considerably poorer properties with too much crystallization at the core glass boundary layer. Environmentally-friendly, lead-free embodiments of the core glass were also prepared having even lower aperture values of ≧0.48.

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