Novel Fiber Preforms: Rare Earth Doping.

Abstract

Rare earth glasses have been studied with emphasis on those characteristics related to rare earth doping of optical fiber preforms for fiber sensor applications. Progress has been made in the following areas: further experience with the Modified Chemical Vapor Deposition (MCVD) preform facility, and the establishment of an optical draw tower provides the ability to create state-of-the-art fibers with a host of novel dopants. We will continue to concentrate on fibers doped with rare earth elements by several techniques, and to continue studies of bulk formation of rare earth glasses, and to study certain aspects of second harmonic generation in rare earth doped silica based fibers.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 21, 1988
Accession Number
ADA191549

Entities

People

  • T. F. Morse

Organizations

  • Brown University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Vapor Deposition
  • Chemistry
  • Composite Materials
  • Detectors
  • Diffraction
  • Glass Transition Temperature
  • Lasers
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Materials
  • Materials Engineering
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Measurement
  • Rare Earth Elements
  • Refraction
  • Scattering
  • Transition Temperature

Readers

  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Optical Fiber Sensing and Electromagnetic Propagation.
  • Systems Analysis and Design