Sen, Ranjan and Caspary, R and Kowalsky, W (2007) Optimisation of melting and casting conditions for Zr-fluoride based glasses. Optical Materials , 29 (8). pp. 1035-1040. ISSN 0925-3467

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Abstract

A systematic investigation was carried out on melting and casting of Zr-fluoride based glasses in order to find out the optimum fabrication conditions. Several rods were prepared with variation in compositions and melting/casting parameters. They were characterised to compare their optical homogeneity and stability. The results showed an appreciable influence of the conditions selected during different stages of melting on the glass quality. The fabrication conditions were optimised for three different compositions suitable for making optical fibre preforms.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Fluoride glass; ZBLAN; Melting and casting; Optical fibre preform
Subjects:	Processing Science Glass
Divisions:	Fiber Optics and Photonics
Depositing User:	Bidhan Chaudhuri
Date Deposited:	15 Mar 2012 11:45
Last Modified:	04 Mar 2013 11:13
URI:	http://cgcri.csircentral.net/id/eprint/1235

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