Core/clad compositions with high numerical aperture for single-mode fluoride fibres

Autor: S. Mosso, J. Kraus, Marco Braglia
Rok vydání: 1996
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Zdroj: Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. 201:237-245
ISSN: 0022-3093
DOI: 10.1016/0022-3093(96)00143-3
Popis: ZBLYALi core glasses modified by the substitution of LiF for BaF 2 or the addition of PbF 2 and cladding glasses of ZBLYAN composition, into which HfF 4 and NaF were substituted, are described and characterised by their thermal glass parameters and refractive index changes. Glasses studied, with T g range from 533 to 573 K, yielded numerical apertures as high as 0.39, if ZBLYALiPb glasses were used as core. Since incorporation of PbF 2 in ZBLYALi glass led to a strong decrease in glass stability, a closer look at the crystallisation behaviour of ZBLYALiPb was taken. Addition of PbF 2 was found to suppress precipitation of LiBaZr 2 F 11 in favour of a (Ba, Pb)ZrF 6 solid solution with orthorhombic structure.
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