Newest Results In Plasma-Impulse-CVD For Optical Fiber Fabrication

This paper gives a review on the state-of-the-art of the application of plasma-impulse-CVD (PICVD) for the preparation of preforms for optical fibers. Besides the fundamentals of the technological process we will deal with some experimental results with respect to the reaction kinetics and with problems involved in the preparation of pure Si02 core fibers, e.g. radiation resistance and losses.