Laser enhancement of thermophoretic deposition processes

Abstract

Axial CO <inf xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">2</inf> laser radiation has been shown to have a significant influence in modifying the deposition of silicon dioxide in the modified chemical vapor deposition (MCVD) fiber preform process. Experiments on soot deposition with a stationary burner have shown a doubling of both the rate of deposition and the deposition efficiency.