Prospects For The Emergence Of A Sol-Gel Waveguide Technology

J. B. MacChesney

doi:10.1117/12.959746

23 February 1989 Prospects For The Emergence Of A Sol-Gel Waveguide Technology

J. B. MacChesney

Proceedings Volume 0988, Components for Fiber Optic Applications III and Coherent Lightwave Communications; (1989) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.959746
Event: O-E/Fiber LASE '88, 1988, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

This paper reviews a worldwide effort to make fiber by sol-gel. Two routes: the all-gel and the hybrid are described. In the latter, a vapor-deposited core member is overclad with gel-silica subsequently to be drawn to fibers. Recently, bodies weighing more than 1 Kg have been cast, dried and consolidated. Taken together these reports suggest that sol-gel processing is approaching the threshold of commercialization.

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J. B. MacChesney "Prospects For The Emergence Of A Sol-Gel Waveguide Technology", Proc. SPIE 0988, Components for Fiber Optic Applications III and Coherent Lightwave Communications, (23 February 1989); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.959746

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