Observation and practical implications of nano‐scale phase separation in aluminosilicate glass optical fibers
Abstract
This communication provides direct experimental evidence of nano‐scale phase separation in as‐fabricated high‐alumina content (>25 mole percent) optical fibers, experimentally corroborating recent molecular dynamic simulations. In addition, previously incorrect assumptions of glass homogeneity in low‐loss binary aluminosilicate optical fibers are corrected and practical implications for such intrinsically low nonlinearity glass optical fiber amplifiers and lasers are discussed.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Oct 12, 2018
- Source ID
- 10.1111/jace.16099
Entities
People
- B. Greenberg
- John Ballato
- Maxime Cavillon
- Peter D. Dragic
- Stephen H Garofalini
Organizations
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- Clemson University
- Rutgers University
- University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign