Glossary

Transmission-reflection analysis (TRA)

A technique based on direct measurement of the transmitted and reflected powers of a continuous, incoherent light source to track a disturbance occurring in an optical fiber.

Inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry; Spectrométrie de masse à plasma à couplage inductif (ICP-M)

Analytical technique based on mass spectrometry used to determine the composition of a material by analyzing the ions formed when the sample is ionized by an inductively coupled plasma.

Modified chemical vapor deposition (MCVD)

A technique for synthesizing silica preforms, based on the deposition of glass soot (pure silica or silica doped with germanium, phosphorus, boron or fluorine) formed by oxidizing vapor-phase chlorides inside a silica tube....