The REPUSIL process and the capability of fluorine doping for the adjustment of optical and thermochemical properties in silica materials

Autor: Hartmut Bartelt, St. Grimm, Andreas Langner, Andre Kalide, Gerhard Schötz, Martin Leich, Anka Schwuchow, Jan Dellith, Sonja Unger, Kay Schuster
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: SPIE Proceedings.
ISSN: 0277-786X
DOI: 10.1117/12.2077395
Popis: We report on the fluorine incorporation in powder based materials for the fabrication of Al and Al/Yb co-doped silica glasses. The achieved maximum Fluorine concentration of 1.55 mol% SiF 4 corresponds to a refractive index decrease of -8 x 10 -3 . Simultaneously, the Tg of the doped material is reduced by about 200 K compared to pure silica. Moreover, the fluorine doping is also eminently suitable for the direct refractive index adjustment in active doped silica glass materials (e.g. Al/Yb or Al/Tm). The index matching with pure silica is possible to date up to 2.7 mol% Al 2 O 3 and 0.1 mol% Yb 2 O 3 . The additional influence on the blue shift of the UV transmission will also be discussed.
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