Morphology of Blanks and Fiber of Quartz Glass

S. V. Vikhman^a, M. A. Eron’yan^b^, *, P. A. Lesnikov^a, I. K. Meshkovskii^c, P. S. Parfenov^c, E. E. Tatarinov^b, and A. A. Reutskii^b

^aSt. Petersburg State Institute of Technology, St. Petersburg, 190013 Russia

^bState Research Center of The Russian Federation Concern CSRI Elektropribor, St. Petersburg, 197046 Russia

^cITMO University, St. Petersburg, 197101 Russia

Correspondence to: *e-mail: eronyan@mail.ru

Received 9 April, 2019

Abstract—The surface relief of blanks and silica glass fibers is studied by atomic force microscopy. The temperature change during free cooling is recorded using an infrared pyrometer. The results of the measurements of the roughness of the blank and fiber could indicate the effect of the cooling time of the quartz glass (QG) on the morphology of its surface.

Keywords: quartz glass, blanks, fiber, atomic force microscopy, morphology, roughness, globules

DOI: 10.1134/S1087659619060269