OPTICAL FIBERS USING SOL-GEL SILICA OVERCLADDING TUBES

Authors
MACCHESNEY JB JOHNSON DW BHANDARKAR S BOHRER MP FLEMING JW MONBERG EM TREVOR DJ
Citation
Jb. Macchesney et al., OPTICAL FIBERS USING SOL-GEL SILICA OVERCLADDING TUBES, Electronics Letters, 33(18), 1997, pp. 1573-1574
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Electronics Letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00135194
Volume
33
Issue
18
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1573 - 1574
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-5194(1997)33:18<1573:OFUSSO>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
Colloidal sol-gel processing is used to produce optical fibre. Fumed s ilica dispersed in water is cast, gelled, and dried. Tubes thus formed are heat treated to dehydrate, to purify and to vitrify. They exceed 4 kg and, when used to overclad conventional core-rods, yield optical fibre meeting exacting commercial standards.