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US 7,248,763 B1Granted
Optical resonators with reduced OH-content
AssigneeOEwaves, Inc.
InventorsDmitri A. Kossakovski, Vladimir Ilchenko
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Abstract
This application describes optical resonators substantially free of hydrogen and hydroxyl radicals and related fabrication techniques.
Claims5
A method, comprising:
- processing an optical material by using deuterium to replace hydrogen to form an optical resonator to minimize a compound that comprises OH in the optical resonator;
- and
- polishing the optical material with a D2O based slurry.
A method for fabricating an optical resonator, comprising:
- mixing a D2 gas and an oxygen gas to produce a flame to heat a glass material;
- shaping the heated glass material to form an optical resonator;
- and
- polishing the optical resonator with a D2O-based polishing slurry.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.