Fluoride Glass Fiber for Infrared Transmission
- 1 June 1980
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 19 (6) , L313
- https://doi.org/10.1143/jjap.19.l313
Abstract
Fluoride glass fibers were drawn from the GdF3-BaF2-ZrF4 glass rod by a conventional fiber fabrication technique. The homogeneous glass rods were prepared with the composition 2≦GdF3≦7, 28≦BaF2≦38 and 58≦ZrF4≦69 (mol%) by casting in a brass mold. The transmission loss of the best fiber was as low as 0.48 dB/m, measured at 3.39 µm for a fiber several meters long ; further purification of starting materials should yield significant decreases in the transmission loss, approaching the intrinsic value.Keywords
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