CA1001417A - Optical fiber and method of making same - Google Patents

Optical fiber and method of making same

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Publication number
CA1001417A
CA1001417A CA176,892A CA176892A CA1001417A CA 1001417 A CA1001417 A CA 1001417A CA 176892 A CA176892 A CA 176892A CA 1001417 A CA1001417 A CA 1001417A
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Prior art keywords
optical fiber
making same
making
same
fiber
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CA176,892A
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CA176892S (en
Inventor
Richard R. Strack
Walter P. Siegmund
Merton L. Smith
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American Optical Corp
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American Optical Corp
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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
    • C03B37/025—Manufacture of glass fibres or filaments by drawing or extruding, e.g. direct drawing of molten glass from nozzles; Cooling fins therefor from reheated softened tubes, rods, fibres or filaments, e.g. drawing fibres from preforms
    • C03B37/027—Fibres composed of different sorts of glass, e.g. glass optical fibres
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/44—Mechanical structures for providing tensile strength and external protection for fibres, e.g. optical transmission cables
    • G02B6/4401—Optical cables
    • G02B6/4402—Optical cables with one single optical waveguide
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C03—GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
    • C03B—MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
    • C03B2203/00—Fibre product details, e.g. structure, shape
    • C03B2203/10—Internal structure or shape details
    • C03B2203/14—Non-solid, i.e. hollow products, e.g. hollow clad or with core-clad interface

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  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Materials Engineering (AREA)
  • Manufacturing & Machinery (AREA)
  • Geochemistry & Mineralogy (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Organic Chemistry (AREA)
  • General Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Manufacture, Treatment Of Glass Fibers (AREA)
  • Optical Fibers, Optical Fiber Cores, And Optical Fiber Bundles (AREA)
  • Re-Forming, After-Treatment, Cutting And Transporting Of Glass Products (AREA)
CA176,892A 1972-08-30 1973-07-19 Optical fiber and method of making same Expired CA1001417A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

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US28481372A 1972-08-30 1972-08-30

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CA1001417A true CA1001417A (en) 1976-12-14

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CA176,892A Expired CA1001417A (en) 1972-08-30 1973-07-19 Optical fiber and method of making same

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JP (1) JPS5759521B2 (en)
BE (1) BE804198A (en)
CA (1) CA1001417A (en)
DE (1) DE2335141C2 (en)
FR (1) FR2209116B3 (en)
GB (1) GB1419872A (en)
NL (1) NL7311292A (en)

Families Citing this family (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
JPS5031831A (en) * 1973-07-19 1975-03-28
JPS5034550A (en) * 1973-07-28 1975-04-02
JPS5091335A (en) * 1973-12-11 1975-07-22
JPS50143538A (en) * 1974-05-07 1975-11-19
JPS50143536A (en) * 1974-05-07 1975-11-19
DE2504553C3 (en) * 1975-01-31 1980-06-19 Siemens Ag, 1000 Berlin Und 8000 Muenchen Optical transmission element
JPS52114338A (en) * 1976-03-22 1977-09-26 Nippon Telegr & Teleph Corp <Ntt> Optical transmission fiber
JP5555134B2 (en) * 2010-10-26 2014-07-23 湖北工業株式会社 Optical fiber

Family Cites Families (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB1003861A (en) * 1961-10-19 1965-09-08 American Optical Corp Improvements in optical or electrical energy-conducting components formed of fiber elments and method of making same
GB1111419A (en) * 1965-11-12 1968-04-24 Jenaer Glaswerk Schott & Gen J Multiple fibres of thermo-plastic material,especially glass,for conducting light and transferring optical images
CH458598A (en) * 1967-07-13 1968-06-30 Landis & Gyr Ag Flame monitoring device
US3535017A (en) * 1968-01-08 1970-10-20 Bell Telephone Labor Inc Optical fiber waveguide structures

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FR2209116B3 (en) 1976-07-30
BE804198A (en) 1973-12-17
JPS4960747A (en) 1974-06-12
JPS5759521B2 (en) 1982-12-15
FR2209116A1 (en) 1974-06-28
DE2335141C2 (en) 1986-01-23
DE2335141A1 (en) 1974-03-14
NL7311292A (en) 1974-03-04
GB1419872A (en) 1975-12-31

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