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Tellurite And Fluorotellurite Glasses For Active And Passive

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8. Fibre drawing; MDO 337<br />

Table (8.3): Fibre drawing parameters for glasses melted in this study (all from cast<br />

unstructured preforms of diameter 10 mm), Tnd = neck down temperature, Tss = steady<br />

state draw temperature, and df = fibre diameter.<br />

Preform<br />

ID<br />

MOD010<br />

_i<br />

MOF004_<br />

iv<br />

MOF005_<br />

ii<br />

MOF005_<br />

iii<br />

MOF005_<br />

iv<br />

MOF005_<br />

v<br />

MOF005_<br />

vi<br />

MOF005_<br />

vii<br />

MOF005_<br />

viii<br />

MOF005_<br />

ix<br />

MOF005_<br />

x<br />

Gas<br />

Rate /<br />

ml /<br />

min.<br />

Tnd /<br />

°C<br />

Tss /<br />

°C<br />

Air 300 350 284<br />

N2 50 285 285<br />

N2 50 290 275<br />

N2 50 290 280<br />

df /<br />

µm<br />

100<br />

+50<br />

150<br />

+50<br />

150<br />

+50<br />

150<br />

+50<br />

Preform<br />

feed in /<br />

mm/min.<br />

Draw<br />

speed /<br />

m/min.<br />

Surface<br />

quality 3 Crystals4 Comments<br />

4 20 P N -<br />

″ ″ ″ Y<br />

Better with<br />

air<br />

″ ″ ″ ″ -<br />

″ ″ ″ ″<br />

Air 300 270 285 100 ″ ″ ″ N<br />

Air /<br />

N2<br />

Air /<br />

N2<br />

Air /<br />

N2<br />

Air /<br />

N2<br />

Air /<br />

N2<br />

Air /<br />

N2<br />

15 / 30 295 290<br />

5 / 15 310 290<br />

15 / 30 315 305<br />

5 / 10 310<br />

290-<br />

295<br />

5 / 10 300 277<br />

5 / 5 305 276<br />

85<br />

+35<br />

150<br />

+5<br />

150<br />

+5<br />

150<br />

+10<br />

180<br />

+20<br />

160<br />

+20<br />

″ ″ G ″<br />

2 5-10 ″ ″<br />

″ ″ ″ ″<br />

″ 8 ″ ″<br />

″ 6 ″ ″<br />

″ 5 ″ ″<br />

This table demonstrates that gas quality (i.e. amount of moisture) during drawing was<br />

significant for producing pristine, stronger fibres. The preforms were unstructured in this<br />

initial study which eliminated losses from core / cladding boundary imperfections, but<br />

losses may have been incurred at the glass / air interface. From table (8.2) and (8.3) it can<br />

be seen, for fluorotellurite preforms, using fluorinated ZnF2, melted in Au crucibles, cast<br />

in brass moulds, drawn with a dry air/N2 atmosphere generally resulted in good quality<br />

fibre. Fig. (8.3) shows fluorotellurite optical fibre preforms (a) before, and (b) after fibre<br />

drawing.<br />

3 P = poor, G = good<br />

4 N = no, Y = yes<br />

-<br />

Passed gas<br />

mixture<br />

through a<br />

liquid<br />

nitrogen<br />

dewar to<br />

remove<br />

water

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