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Halide Glasses for Infrared Fiberoptics

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  • © 1987

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Editors:
  1. Rui M. Almeida

    1. Centro de Fisica Molecular — Complexo I, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa, Portugal

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Part of the book series: NATO Science Series E: (NSSE, volume 123)

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Table of contents (31 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
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  2. History

    1. The First Ten Years

      • J. Lucas
      Pages 1-9

  3. Raw Materials and Purity

    1. High Purity Components for Fluorozirconate Glass Optical Fibers

      • M. Robinson
      Pages 11-25

    2. Chemical Analysis of Trace Impurities

      • Philipp H. Klein
      Pages 27-34

    3. Role of Impurities in Halide Glasses

      • H. Poignant
      Pages 35-56

  5. Thermal and Mechanical Behavior

    1. Viscosity Behavior of Halide Glasses and Melts

      • J. D. Mackenzie, H. Nasu, J. Sanghera
      Pages 139-147

    2. The Thermal Properties of Fluoride Glass

      • Allan J. Bruce
      Pages 149-162

    3. Structural Relaxation in Fluoride Glasses

      • C. T. Moynihan, S. M. Opalka, R. Mossadegh, S. N. Crichton, A. J. Bruce
      Pages 163-178

    4. Crystallization Behavior of Fluorozirconate Glasses

      • C. T. Moynihan
      Pages 179-186

    5. Physical, Chemical Properties and Crystallization Tendency of the New Fluoroaluminate Glasses

      • T. Izumitani, T. Yamashita, M. Tokida, K. Miura, H. Tajima
      Pages 187-197

    6. Surface Chemistry and Slow-Crack Growth Behavior of Fluorozirconate Glasses

      • Carlo G. Pantano
      Pages 199-218

  6. Optical Properties of Glasses and Fibers

    1. Optical Properties of Fluoride Glasses

      • Martin G. Drexhage
      Pages 219-235

    2. Optical Properties of Rare-Earth and Transition Metal Ions in Fluoride Glasses

      • Renata Reisfeld
      Pages 237-252

    3. Loss Mechanisms in Zrf4 Based IR Fibres

      • P. W. France, S. F. Carter, M. W. Moore, J. R. Williams
      Pages 253-264

  7. Fiber Fabrication

    1. Fluoride Glass Optical Fibers in France

      • H. Poignant
      Pages 265-281

    2. Progress in Fiber Preparation in Japan

      • S. Yoshida
      Pages 283-292

    3. Vapor Deposition of Fluoride Glasses

      • Ahmad Sarhangi
      Pages 293-302
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The field of heavy metal halide glasses (namely fluorides) is only ten years old now, but it has developed rapidly since the discovery of fluorozirconate glasses by the group at the University of Rennes (France). The main reason for this was the early demonstration of the enormous potential of such glasses for use as long-haul ultra-low loss middle infrared waveguide materials, aided in part by the scientific interest held by their unusual short range structures. As a result, significant research efforts were initiated in the academic, government and industrial sectors in Europe, the United States and Japan. However, the search for a finished product has per­ haps led to a partial overlooking of some of the more funda­ mental aspects by the scientific community. After the initial excitement, the workers in this field are perhaps at a crossroads where attenuations lower than 1 dB/Km need to be obtained for long lengths of fiber of good chemical and thermal stability, in order to guarantee continual R&D sUE ports. Therefore, there is a strong need for a critical asses­ sment of the potential of halide glasses for infrared fiber­ optics and the formulation of recommendations for future re­ search in this area and other related fields.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Centro de Fisica Molecular — Complexo I, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa, Portugal

    Rui M. Almeida

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Halide Glasses for Infrared Fiberoptics

  • Editors: Rui M. Almeida

  • Series Title: NATO Science Series E:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3561-7

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1987

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-247-3480-1Due: 28 February 1987

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-8093-4Published: 13 November 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-3561-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0168-132X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 412

  • Number of Illustrations: 21 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Characterization and Evaluation of Materials

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