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Government of the United States of America, As Represented by the Secretary of Commerce

Douglas H Blackburn

David C Cranmer

Dale A Kauffman

Nicholas Lagakos

David G Cooper

James L Dexter

Albert Feldman

James Grundl

Craig Stone

A Faraday rotator glass composition based on a fluoride glass, phosphate glass, fluorophosphate glass or a mixture thereof is doped with a lanthanide in a concentration sufficient to provide a Verdet constant above at least 2870 deg/Tesla-meter [(1 min/cm-Oe).times.(1.667.times.10.sup.4)=1 deg/Tesla-meter] and optical transmission above at least 50 percent in a 25 mm thick polished glass sample at least at one wavelength in the 200 to 400 nm wavelength region. The Faraday rotator glass also includes monovalent non-lanthanide cations such as Na, Li, K or mixtures thereof in a concentration sufficient to provide a Verdet constant above at least 2870 deg/Tesla-meter and optical transmission above at least 50 percent in a 25 mm thick polished glass sample at least at one wavelength in the 200 to 400 nm wavelength region. The Faraday rotator glass further includes a concentration of divalent or trivalent non-lanthanide cations such as Mg, Be, Ca, Al or mixtures thereof sufficient to provide surface flatness of at least 1/10 of the operating wavelength at 632.8 nm.

Ultraviolet Faraday rotator glass

Neutron absorbing glass compositions comprise SiO.sub.2, .sup.6 Li.sub.2 O and optionally Al.sub.2 O.sub.3. The compositions may further include PbO. The compositions provide neutron absorption without release of gamma rays.

Neutron absorbing glass compositions

Pressure and temperature insensitive optical fibers are produced using a Ta.sub.2 O.sub.5 based glass composition which has a high bulk modulus and a low thermal expansion coefficient. The glass composition can function as the cladding in the optical fiber or as a protective coating which surrounds the cladding thereby protecting the fiber from fluctuations in temperature and pressure.

Pressure and temperature insensitive glass and optical coatings and

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