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Low-loss, high-purity (TeO2)0.75(WO3)0.25 glass

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By melting a mixture of high-purity oxides in a platinum crucible under flowing purified oxygen, we have prepared (TeO2)0.75(WO3)0.25 glass with a total content of 3d transition metals (Fe, Ni, Co, Cu, Mn, Cr, and V) within 0.4 ppm by weight, a concentration of scattering centers larger than 300 nm in size below 102 cm−3, and an absorption coefficient for OH groups (λ ∼ 3 μm) of 0.008 cm−1. The absorption loss in the glass has been determined to be 115 dB/km at λ = 1.06 μm, 86 dB/km at λ = 1.56 μm, and 100 dB/km at λ = 1.97 μm. From reported specific absorptions of impurities in fluorozirconate glasses and the impurity composition of the glass studied here, the absorption loss at λ ∼ 2 μm has been estimated at ≤100 dB/km. The glass has been drawn into a glass-polymer fiber, and the optical loss spectrum of the fiber has been measured.

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  1. Institute of Chemistry of High-Purity Substances, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Tropinina 49, Nizhni Novgorod, 603950, Russia

    A. N. Moiseev, V. V. Dorofeev, A. V. Chilyasov, V. G. Pimenov, T. V. Kotereva, I. A. Kraev & L. A. Ketkova

  2. Fiber Optics Research Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Vavilova 38, Moscow, 119333, Russia

    A. F. Kosolapov, V. G. Plotnichenko & V. V. Koltashev

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Original Russian Text © A.N. Moiseev, V.V. Dorofeev, A.V. Chilyasov, V.G. Pimenov, T.V. Kotereva, I.A. Kraev, L.A. Ketkova, A.F. Kosolapov, V.G. Plotnichenko, V.V. Koltashev, 2011, published in Neorganicheskie Materialy, 2011, Vol. 47, No. 6, pp. 743–747.

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Moiseev, A.N., Dorofeev, V.V., Chilyasov, A.V. et al. Low-loss, high-purity (TeO2)0.75(WO3)0.25 glass. Inorg Mater 47, 665–669 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020168511060161

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