Muhd-Yassin, S Z and Omar, Nasr Y M and Mat-Sharif, K A and Zulkifli, M I and Safar, M H and Aljamimi, S M and Yusoff, Z. and Emami, S D and Paul, Mukul Chandra and Abdul-Rashid, H A (2016) Solution doped preform with improved uniformity and concentration using dual-layer soot deposition. Optical Fiber Technology, 28. pp. 23-27. ISSN 1068-5200

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Abstract

A new method of soot deposition to improve the characteristics of a solution-doped optical fibre preform is reported. The soot was generated using a modified chemical vapour deposition (MCVD) technique. A better longitudinal uniformity of the core refractive index profile and a higher degree of dopant incorporation were obtained when two layers of soot were deposited in the core. These improvements were further extended by depositing each layer at different temperatures. A variation of 0.15 x 10(-2) (% RSD 3.5%) in the refractive index difference along 23 cm of the preform and a core-to-cladding refractive index difference of approximately 0.012 were achieved using a 1.2 M AlCl3 solution. (C) 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Processing Science
Divisions:	Fiber Optics and Photonics
Depositing User:	Bidhan Chaudhuri
Date Deposited:	07 Nov 2016 11:41
Last Modified:	07 Nov 2016 11:41
URI:	http://cgcri.csircentral.net/id/eprint/3665

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