发明名称 |
GLASS OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES INCORPORATING MATERIALS OF INTEREST AND METHODS OF FABRICATING THE SAME |
摘要 |
A method of incorporating within a glass optical waveguide a material of interest having a property of interest that would be neutralized by exposure to molten glass includes combining pieces of a light-transmissive first glass with the material of interest. The combined first glass and material of interest are shaped within a container and heated to a temperature sufficiently high to cause the glass pieces and material of interest to mutually coalesce and form a light-transmissive core rod, but not high enough that the first glass melts and neutralizes the property of interest. A cladding tube is heated and fused about the core rod to define a mono rod. An optical waveguide through which light propagates by internal reflection, and which incorporates the material of interest, is defined when the cladding tube comprises a glass that renders the cladding of lower refractive index than the core rod. |
申请公布号 |
US2012144869(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2012.06.14 |
申请号 |
US201113308600 |
申请日期 |
2011.12.01 |
申请人 |
TABOR KEVIN F.;HIGBY PAIGE L.;SCHOTT CORPORATION |
发明人 |
TABOR KEVIN F.;HIGBY PAIGE L. |
分类号 |
C03B37/028;C03B37/01;G02B6/255 |
主分类号 |
C03B37/028 |
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