УДК: 681.7.068.2

Reducing optical losses in high strength quartz light guides

Kulesh, A.Y., Meshkovskiy, I.K., Reutskiy, A.A., Shcheglov, A.A., Tokarev, A.V., Eroniyan, M.A.

Publication in Journal of Optical Technology

For Russian citation (Opticheskii Zhurnal):

Кулеш А.Ю., Мешковский И.К., Реуцкий А.А., Щеглов А.А., Токарев А.В., Ероньян М.А. Снижение оптических потерь в высокопрочных кварцевых световодах // Оптический журнал. 2016. Т. 83. № 12. С. 95–97.

Kulesh A.Yu., Meshkovskiy I.K., Reutskiy A.A., Shcheglov A.A., Tokarev A.V., Eroniyan M.A. Reducing optical losses in high strength quartz light guides [in Russian] // Opticheskii Zhurnal. 2016. V. 83. № 12. P. 95–97.

For citation (Journal of Optical Technology):

A. Yu. Kulesh, I. K. Meshkovskii, A. A. Reutskii, A. A. Scheglov, A. V. Tokarev, and M. A. Eron’yan, "Reducing optical losses in high strength quartz light guides," Journal of Optical Technology. 83(12), 785-786 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1364/JOT.83.000785

Abstract:

In this paper, we discuss how the drawing temperature of quartz light guides with germanosilicate cores and outer borosilicate cladding affects their strength and optical losses. The low-viscosity cladding of a light guide allows the drawing temperature to be decreased to 1950°C, which, in turn, leads to increased strength and helps reduce excessive optical losses.

Keywords:

germanosilicate light guides, excessive optical losses, borosilicate cladding, strengthening

Acknowledgements:

The research was supported by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation (Minobrnauka) (RFMEFI57815X0109, 14.578.21.0109).
This research was conducted at ITMO University.

OCIS codes: 060.2280, 060.2270, 060.2260

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