Abstract
It is shown that the IR reflectivity of SiO2-TiO2 gel glass coating was very low at the wave-length of CO2 laser (10.6 μm) although the content of TiO2 was as high as 80%. In terms of SiO2-TiO2-GeO2 gel glass coating, its peak gradually moved to the wavelength of CO2 laser and the reflectivity finally reached 21% at 106 μm when the content of GeO2 increased from 20 to 30%. However, when the content of GeO2 was beyond 35% the IR reflectivity almost reached zero. Therefore, the gel glass coating of 40SiO2-30TiO2-30GeO2 is a good candidate material in application.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1001-1005 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Guangdianzi Jiguang/Journal of Optoelectronics Laser |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue number | 10 |
| State | Published - Oct 2002 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Hollow waveguide
- IR reflectivity
- SiO-TiO-GeO coating
- Sol-gel