Photosensitive germanosilicate preforms and fibers

Doug L. Williams; Steven T. Davey; Raman Kashyap; J. R. Armitage; B. James Ainslie

doi:10.1117/12.46019

1 August 1991 Photosensitive germanosilicate preforms and fibers

Doug L. Williams, Steven T. Davey, Raman Kashyap, J. R. Armitage, B. James Ainslie

Proceedings Volume 1513, Glasses for Optoelectronics II; (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.46019
Event: ECO4 (The Hague '91), 1991, The Hague, Netherlands

Abstract

A detailed study of the ultraviolet loss spectra of germanosilicate preforms and fibers is reported. The fiber samples had peak losses of the order of 10 dB/cm, which was several orders of magnitude lower than in preform samples. All spectra could be described by a number of previously observed absorption bands, many of which had been associated with particular defects in germanosilicate glasses. The incorporation of phosphorous as a core codopant eliminated a loss band centered at 325 nm in as drawn fibers. The effect on the ultraviolet absorption spectra of increasing doses of irradiation from an ultraviolet fiber- coating curing-lamp source and also the change in fiber absorption before and after writing a 35% reflection grating are presented. The results are not consistent with the previously proposed model for photosensitivity based on the Kramers-Kronig mechanism.

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Doug L. Williams, Steven T. Davey, Raman Kashyap, J. R. Armitage, and B. James Ainslie "Photosensitive germanosilicate preforms and fibers", Proc. SPIE 1513, Glasses for Optoelectronics II, (1 August 1991); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.46019

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