Ultraviolet absorption and excess optical loss in preforms and fibers with high germanium content

Valery M. Mashinsky; Eugeni M. Dianov; Vladimir B. Neustruev; Sergei V. Lavrishchev; Alexei N. Guryanov; Vladimir F. Khopin; Nikolai N. Vechkanov; Oleg D. Sazhin

doi:10.1117/12.187406

28 September 1994 Ultraviolet absorption and excess optical loss in preforms and fibers with high-germanium content

Valery M. Mashinsky, Eugeni M. Dianov, Vladimir B. Neustruev, Sergei V. Lavrishchev, Alexei N. Guryanov, Vladimir F. Khopin, Nikolai N. Vechkanov, Oleg D. Sazhin

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Proceedings Volume 2290, Fiber Optic Materials and Components; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.187406
Event: SPIE's 1994 International Symposium on Optics, Imaging, and Instrumentation, 1994, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

Nature of excess optical loss in fibers with high (up to 35 mol.%) GeO₂ content silica core was studied experimentally. The absorption and scattering loss dependences on the drawing conditions were studied as well as the behavior of germanium-related oxygen- deficient centers (GODC) absorbing in UV spectral region. The peculiarity of such fibers was found to be in the drastic increase of the absorption and scattering loss when the core diameter diminish up to 3-3.5 micrometers . According to the excess loss analysis the absorption loss is caused by the enhanced GODC formation and the Ge-related drawing-induced defects. The excess scattering loss which dominates is assumed to be due to azimuthal and longitudinal core inhomogeneities caused by hydrodynamical instabilities of viscous glass during the fiber drawing. The germanium diffusion effect on optical loss is discussed.

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Valery M. Mashinsky, Eugeni M. Dianov, Vladimir B. Neustruev, Sergei V. Lavrishchev, Alexei N. Guryanov, Vladimir F. Khopin, Nikolai N. Vechkanov, and Oleg D. Sazhin "Ultraviolet absorption and excess optical loss in preforms and fibers with high-germanium content", Proc. SPIE 2290, Fiber Optic Materials and Components, (28 September 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.187406

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