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Doping of optical fiber preforms via porous silica layer infiltration with salt solutions

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A process is described for reproducible deposition of porous layers uniform along the preform axis, and the effect of the nature of the solvent on the infiltration of salt solutions into the porous layer is analyzed in relation to the fabrication of fiber preforms with controlled doping level. Data are presented on the variation of the retention volume in the porous layer with sintering temperature.

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  1. Institute of Chemistry of High-Purity Substances, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Tropinina 49, 603950, Nizhni Novgorod, Russia

    V. F. Khopin, A. A. Umnikov & A. N. Gur’yanov

  2. Fiber Optics Research Center, Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Vavilova 38, 119991, Moscow, Russia

    M. M. Bubnov, A. K. Senatorov & E. M. Dianov

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Translated from Neorganicheskie Materialy, Vol. 41, No. 3, 2005, pp. 363–368.

Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Khopin, Umnikov, Gur’yanov, Bubnov, Senatorov, Dianov.

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Khopin, V.F., Umnikov, A.A., Gur’yanov, A.N. et al. Doping of optical fiber preforms via porous silica layer infiltration with salt solutions. Inorg Mater 41, 303–307 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10789-005-0128-7

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