• DocumentCode
    1122396
  • Title

    Scattering characteristics in reheated fluorozirconate glasses

  • Author

    Tokiwa, Hideharu ; Mimura, Yoshinori ; Shinbori, Osamu ; Nakai, Tetsuya

  • Author_Institution
    Kokusai Denshin Denwa Co., Tokyo, Japan
  • Volume
    3
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1985
  • fDate
    6/1/1985 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    574
  • Lastpage
    578
  • Abstract
    The relation between the scattering intensity and reheating conditions in fluorozirconate glasses was studied precisely to clarify the effect of devitrification induced by fiber drawing using the preform method. The drawing-induced scattering is substantially caused by the nucleation of microcrystallites and begins to increase at a temperature lower than that predicted by DTA or DSC measurements. Nevertheless, it is revealed that ultralow-loss fluoride glass fibers can be drawn without excess loss increase by the perform method under optimized glass compositions and reheating conditions.
  • Keywords
    Optical fiber materials/fabrication; Glass; Kinetic theory; Light scattering; Nuclear measurements; Optical fiber losses; Optical scattering; Optimization methods; Preforms; Stability; Temperature;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Lightwave Technology, Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0733-8724
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JLT.1985.1074225
  • Filename
    1074225