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Manufacture of infrared fibres

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Fluoride Glass Optical Fibres

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Already we are some 15 years on from the initial discovery of heavy metal fluoride (HMF) glasses and commercial products based on them are gradually being introduced into the market place. The first products were based on bulk glasses and consisted of windows and lenses but now, as the technology has improved, IR fibres are available. Although many of the larger companies are actively engaged in research, in general it has been the smaller companies that have introduced new IR fibre products. In this chapter we will, in the main, examine fabrication techniques for fibres that are based on the liquid phase (melting) preparation of glasses, but also discuss some of the alternatives that have been proposed. We begin with a discussion of the starting raw materials.

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France, P.W. (1990). Manufacture of infrared fibres. In: Fluoride Glass Optical Fibres. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6865-6_4

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