Fine Structured Optical Fibre Fabrication - Soot, Rheology and Nanostructure in Modified Chemical Vapour Deposition

30年来，光子学和电信学在很大程度上依赖于改性化学气相沉积（MCVD）制造的光纤，这是一个复杂的、高度动态的过程，有许多相互作用的变量，它仍然是艺术而不是科学。结果对于大多数用途来说已经足够好了，但是下一代光子学需要具有复杂的、精确定义的内部结构的光纤。一个多学科团队将阐明和量化MCVD基础科学的确切性质——硅酸盐烟尘的形成、沉积和热处理——并将其转化为具有高光学和机械性能的可重复制造的精细结构纤维。

For 30 years photonics and telecommunications have relied heavily on optical fibres made by Modified Chemical Vapour Deposition (MCVD), a complex, highly dynamic process with many interacting variables, which is still more art than science. The results are good enough for most purposes but the next generation of photonics demands fibres with intricate, precisely defined internal structures. A multi-disciplinary team will elucidate and quantify the exact nature of the fundamental science underlying MCVD - of silicate soot formation, deposition and heat treatment - and translate this into reproducibly fabricated fine structured fibres with high optical and mechanical performance.