Heraeus Quarzglas Gmbh & Co Kg

Leibniz-Institut Fur Photonische Technologien E.v.

Hardy Baierl

Walter Lehmann

Thomas Kayser

Andreas Langner

Kay Schuster

Gerhard Schoetz

Stephan Grimm

Jan Dellith

A method for producing rare earth metal-doped quartz glass includes the steps of (a) providing a blank of the rare earth metal-doped quartz glass, and (b) homogenizing the blank by softening the blank zone by zone in a heating zone and by twisting the softened zone along a rotation axis. Some rare earth metals, however, show a discoloration of the quartz glass, which hints at an unforeseeable and undesired change in the chemical composition or possibly at an inhomogeneous distribution of the dopants. To avoid this drawback and to provide a modified method which ensures the production of rare earth metal-doped quartz glass with reproducible properties, during homogenization according to method step (b), the blank is softened under the action of an oxidizingly acting or a neutral plasma.

Rare earth metal-doped quartz glass and method for producing the same

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Hardy Baierl