Further Enquiries

IPAS
Sara Leggatt - Email
Telephone: +61 8 8313 1059
Facsimile: +61 8 8303 4380

The University of Adelaide
SA 5005 Australia
Email
Telephone: +61 8 8303 5996
Facsimile: +61 8 8303 4380

Specialty Glass

IPAS Soft Glass Fabrication Facilities | Commercial Services | Product Sheets | Contact

IPAS Soft Glass Production Facility

Glove Box The IPAS soft glass production facilities comprise both open-air and controlled-atmosphere glass melting capability. The open-air melting capability consists of a melting furnace with maximum temperature of 1200^oC and two annealing furnaces with a maximum temperature of 500^oC. The open-air glass melting capability is used to produce a range of tellurite glasses; Na-Zn-La-tellurite glass (undoped or doped with fluorescent rare earth ions) is now routinely made in up to 300g raw material batch sizes.

Glas The controlled-atmosphere glass melting capability consists of a 5-port glove box with integrated melting furnace with a maximum temperature of 800 - 900^oC, and an annealing furnace with a maximum temperature of 500^oC. A new 6-port controlled atmosphere glove box with one integrated melting furnace and three annealing furnaces will become available from mid 2011.

Commercial Services

As part of the OptoFab node of the ANFF, IPAS offers a variety of commercial services from the supply of custom glasses and fibres to theoretical modelling and development of novel sensor platforms. Academic groups and companies are encouraged to contact IPAS with their specific requirements or to access our specialised equipment and services.

Product Sheets

Contact

Luis Lima-Marques (IPAS Laboratory Manager)
Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing (IPAS)
The University of Adelaide, AUSTRALIA 5005
Telephone: +61 (0)8 8313 0760
Facsimile : +61 (0)8 8303 4380
Email: luis.lima-marques@adelaide.edu.au