Application of the sol-gel method at the fabrication of microstructure fibers

0304146 - URE-Y 20030107 AU eng A - Abstract
Mrázek, Jan - Matějec, Vlastimil - Hayer, Miloš - Kašík, Ivan - Berková, Daniela
Application of the sol-gel method at the fabrication of microstructure fibers.
Sydney: ANSTO Australian Nuclear and Science Technology Organisation, 2003. SOLGEL 2003 Abstracts. s. 215
[Sol-Gel Science and Technology SOLGEL 2003 /12./. 24.08.2003-29.08.2003, Sydney]
R&D Projects: GA ČR GA102/02/0779
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z2067918
Keywords : sensors * optical fibres * sol-gel processing
Subject RIV: JA - Electronics ; Optoelectronics, Electrical Engineering

The sol-gel method has been employed for fixing silica tubes and rods in input stacks for drawing microstructure fibers. For this purpose, input sols composed from tetraethoxysilane, phosphorous oxichloride and boron tribromide were prepared. Pastes prepared mixing the sols and solid oxide particles were also used. It has been found out that the sol-gel method is suitable particularly for the filling-in the interstices at the end of the stack which make possible to control pressure during drawing.
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