| 摘要 |
<p>A method is disclosed for forming a GeO2-doped SiO2 glass article by depositing glass particles to form a porous preform and then drying and sintering the porous preform. A precursor of SnO2 is also present in the reactant stream used to form the particles, whereby the reaction produces particles of glass that contain GeO2, SiO2 and SnO2. The presence of SnO2 in the particles reduces the reaction of GeO2 with chlorine to form GeCl4 during the drying step. The GeC14 that would have formed would have either escaped from the porous preform or caused GeO2 to be re-deposited in an undesirable portion of the preform. The retention of GeO2 in the article is therefore enhanced.</p> |
