AU2002238149A1 - A process for drawing optical fiber from a double crucible apparatus - Google Patents

A process for drawing optical fiber from a double crucible apparatus

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AU2002238149A1
AU2002238149A1 AU2002238149A AU3814902A AU2002238149A1 AU 2002238149 A1 AU2002238149 A1 AU 2002238149A1 AU 2002238149 A AU2002238149 A AU 2002238149A AU 3814902 A AU3814902 A AU 3814902A AU 2002238149 A1 AU2002238149 A1 AU 2002238149A1
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optical fiber
drawing optical
double crucible
crucible apparatus
double
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AU2002238149A
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James G. Anderson
Ernest E. Brand
Adam J. G. Ellison
Jackson P. Trentelman
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Corning Inc
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Corning Inc
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C03—GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
    • C03B—MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
    • C03B37/00—Manufacture or treatment of flakes, fibres, or filaments from softened glass, minerals, or slags
    • C03B37/01—Manufacture of glass fibres or filaments
    • C03B37/02—Manufacture of glass fibres or filaments by drawing or extruding, e.g. direct drawing of molten glass from nozzles; Cooling fins therefor
    • C03B37/022—Manufacture of glass fibres or filaments by drawing or extruding, e.g. direct drawing of molten glass from nozzles; Cooling fins therefor from molten glass in which the resultant product consists of different sorts of glass or is characterised by shape, e.g. hollow fibres, undulated fibres, fibres presenting a rough surface
    • C03B37/023—Fibres composed of different sorts of glass, e.g. glass optical fibres, made by the double crucible technique
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C03—GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
    • C03C—CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF GLASSES, GLAZES OR VITREOUS ENAMELS; SURFACE TREATMENT OF GLASS; SURFACE TREATMENT OF FIBRES OR FILAMENTS MADE FROM GLASS, MINERALS OR SLAGS; JOINING GLASS TO GLASS OR OTHER MATERIALS
    • C03C13/00—Fibre or filament compositions
    • C03C13/04—Fibre optics, e.g. core and clad fibre compositions
    • C03C13/045—Silica-containing oxide glass compositions
    • C03C13/046—Multicomponent glass compositions
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C03—GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
    • C03B—MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
    • C03B2201/00—Type of glass produced
    • C03B2201/06—Doped silica-based glasses
    • C03B2201/30—Doped silica-based glasses doped with metals, e.g. Ga, Sn, Sb, Pb or Bi
AU2002238149A 2000-09-01 2001-06-26 A process for drawing optical fiber from a double crucible apparatus Abandoned AU2002238149A1 (en)

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US09/654,549 US6550279B1 (en) 2000-09-01 2000-09-01 Process for drawing optical fiber from a multiple crucible apparatus with a thermal gradient
US09/654,549 2000-09-01
PCT/US2001/020277 WO2002020418A2 (en) 2000-09-01 2001-06-26 A process for drawing optical fiber from a double crucible apparatus

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AU2002238149A1 true AU2002238149A1 (en) 2002-03-22

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US (1) US6550279B1 (en)
EP (1) EP1322563A2 (en)
JP (1) JP2004517021A (en)
KR (1) KR20030033044A (en)
AU (1) AU2002238149A1 (en)
WO (1) WO2002020418A2 (en)

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KR20030033044A (en) 2003-04-26
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JP2004517021A (en) 2004-06-10
WO2002020418A2 (en) 2002-03-14
EP1322563A2 (en) 2003-07-02

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