Accession Number:

ADA278531

Title:

Multifunctional Gel-Silica Optics

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. 1 Mar 1990-31 Dec 1993

Corporate Author:

FLORIDA UNIV GAINESVILLE

Personal Author(s):

• Hench, Larry L.

Report Date:

1994-01-31

Pagination or Media Count:

78.0

Abstract:

High purity gel-silica matrices are produced using alkoxide sol-gel processing to form net-shape optical components with interconnected porosity. The porous optical matrices are impregnated with optically active polymers to produce multifunctional optical composites such as tunable dye lasers, scintillators, and photopolymerized 3-D gratings. Thus, the feasibility has been established for a new generation of multi-functional optical materials for sensors, detectors, waveguides, transpiration cooling, lasers, scintillators, multiplexers, etc. Gel-silica, Lasers, Polymers, Micro optics, Diffractive optics, Waveguides, Porous matrices.

Descriptors:

• *SPECTROSCOPY
• *OPTICAL MATERIALS
• *LASER APPLICATIONS
• *SILICA GELS
• OPTICS
• DETECTORS
• PROCESSING
• LASERS
• POROSITY
• DIFFRACTION
• SWEAT COOLING
• SCINTILLATION
• GELS
• MULTIPLEXING
• OPTICAL DETECTORS
• DYE LASERS
• DOPING
• MONOMERS
• TRANSPIRATION
• OPTICAL GLASS
• PURITY
• OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES
• COOLING
• WAVEGUIDES
• SHAPE
• POLYMERS
• TUNABLE LASERS

Subject Categories:

• Inorganic Chemistry
• Lasers and Masers
• Optics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE