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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2000
Walter Heitmann, Gross-Bieberau, DE;
Karl-Friedrich Klein, Friedberg, DE;
Deutsche Telekom, Bonn, DE;
Abstract
Optical waveguides made of quartz glass with reduced infrared absorption and reduced attenuation coefficients are made of glass material composed of atoms having mass numbers higher than that of the natural isotope distribution. The quartz glass or doped quartz glass is made of silicon atoms, of which most or all have the mass numbers 29 and/or 30, as well as of oxygen atoms, of which most or all are composed of isotopes with the mass numbers 17 and/or 18. Atoms of the Ge isotope are preferably used for doping with germanium atoms having higher mass numbers than in the natural isotope mixture. Glass with atoms of preferably Si and/or O are preferably used for optical waveguides based on quartz glass having attenuation coefficients below 0.15 dB/km. As indicated, such optical waveguides are also suitable for transmitting high-energy, pulsed or continuous laser light in a wavelength range from 2.0 to 3.0 &mgr;m. These optical waveguides are also suitable for transmitting holmium laser light at 2.1 &mgr;m and Er laser light with a wavelength of 2.79 and 2.94 &mgr;m.