Gradient-index fiber-optic preforms by a sol-gel method

Mark A. Banash; J. Brian Caldwell; Tessie M. Che; Robert M. Mininni; Paul R. Soskey; Victor N. Warden; Edward J. A. Pope

doi:10.1117/12.50196

1 November 1991 Gradient-index fiber-optic preforms by a sol-gel method

Mark A. Banash, J. Brian Caldwell, Tessie M. Che, Robert M. Mininni, Paul R. Soskey, Victor N. Warden, Edward J. A. Pope

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Proceedings Volume 1590, Submolecular Glass Chemistry and Physics; (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.50196
Event: OE Fiber, 1991, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

Radial gradient index (GRIN) glass rods can be readily made by sol-gel methods. For the preparation of Ti02-Si02 GRIN glass, a sol-gel technique has been used in which a Ti02- Al203-Si02 gel is leached in acid to obtain a radial composition gradient of titania within the gel.?

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Mark A. Banash, J. Brian Caldwell, Tessie M. Che, Robert M. Mininni, Paul R. Soskey, Victor N. Warden, and Edward J. A. Pope "Gradient-index fiber-optic preforms by a sol-gel method", Proc. SPIE 1590, Submolecular Glass Chemistry and Physics, (1 November 1991); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.50196

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