Active Material Cylinder Fibers.
Abstract
The objective of this effort was to fabricate fiber optic cable with optically active material at the core cladding interface. It was discovered that there are a large number of parameters that can be varied to fabricate exactly the device required for a particular application. Much of the effort on this task was used to acquire the proper glasses and alloys required to actually draw usable fibers. Although we were unable to fabricate a fiber amplifier, we did learn enough about semiconductor materials in glass to be able to fabricate these devices in the near future. We were able to fabricate a polarization preserving fiber by depositing an AlCu alloy on the preform. Fiber drawn from this preform had the desired polarization preserving capabilities, making it a very useful device in any application requiring polarization maintaining characteristics.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 01, 1996
- Accession Number
- ADA307802
Entities
People
- Philipp Kornreich
Organizations
- Syracuse University