CA1020752A - Method of producing optical wave guide fibers - Google Patents

Method of producing optical wave guide fibers

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CA1020752A
CA1020752A CA198,080A CA198080A CA1020752A CA 1020752 A CA1020752 A CA 1020752A CA 198080 A CA198080 A CA 198080A CA 1020752 A CA1020752 A CA 1020752A
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wave guide
optical wave
producing optical
guide fibers
fibers
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Pedro B. Macedo
Theodore A. Litovitz
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    • G—PHYSICS
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    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
    • G02B6/02—Optical fibres with cladding with or without a coating
    • 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
    • C03B37/012—Manufacture of preforms for drawing fibres or filaments
    • C03B37/014—Manufacture of preforms for drawing fibres or filaments made entirely or partially by chemical means, e.g. vapour phase deposition of bulk porous glass either by outside vapour deposition [OVD], or by outside vapour phase oxidation [OVPO] or by vapour axial deposition [VAD]
    • C03B37/016—Manufacture of preforms for drawing fibres or filaments made entirely or partially by chemical means, e.g. vapour phase deposition of bulk porous glass either by outside vapour deposition [OVD], or by outside vapour phase oxidation [OVPO] or by vapour axial deposition [VAD] by a liquid phase reaction process, e.g. through a gel phase
    • 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
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    • 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
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    • C03C13/00—Fibre or filament compositions
    • C03C13/04—Fibre optics, e.g. core and clad fibre compositions
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    • 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
    • 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
    • C03C15/00—Surface treatment of glass, not in the form of fibres or filaments, by etching
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    • 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
    • C03C21/00—Treatment of glass, not in the form of fibres or filaments, by diffusing ions or metals in the surface
    • 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
    • C03C23/00—Other surface treatment of glass not in the form of fibres or filaments
    • C03C23/0095—Solution impregnating; Solution doping; Molecular stuffing, e.g. of porous glass
    • 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
    • C03B2201/08—Doped silica-based glasses doped with boron or fluorine or other refractive index decreasing dopant
    • C03B2201/10—Doped silica-based glasses doped with boron or fluorine or other refractive index decreasing dopant doped with boron
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C03—GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
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    • C03B2201/06—Doped silica-based glasses
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
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    • C03B—MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
    • C03B2201/00—Type of glass produced
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    • C03B2201/30—Doped silica-based glasses doped with metals, e.g. Ga, Sn, Sb, Pb or Bi
    • C03B2201/32—Doped silica-based glasses doped with metals, e.g. Ga, Sn, Sb, Pb or Bi doped with aluminium
    • 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
    • C03B2201/34—Doped silica-based glasses doped with metals, e.g. Ga, Sn, Sb, Pb or Bi doped with rare earth metals, i.e. with Sc, Y or lanthanides, e.g. for laser-amplifiers
    • 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
    • C03B2201/50—Doped silica-based glasses doped with metals, e.g. Ga, Sn, Sb, Pb or Bi doped with alkali metals
    • 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
    • C03B2201/54—Doped silica-based glasses doped with metals, e.g. Ga, Sn, Sb, Pb or Bi doped with beryllium, magnesium or alkaline earth metals
    • 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
    • G02B6/02—Optical fibres with cladding with or without a coating
    • G02B6/028—Optical fibres with cladding with or without a coating with core or cladding having graded refractive index
    • G02B6/0281—Graded index region forming part of the central core segment, e.g. alpha profile, triangular, trapezoidal core

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  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Manufacturing & Machinery (AREA)
  • General Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Dispersion Chemistry (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
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  • Glass Melting And Manufacturing (AREA)
  • Manufacture, Treatment Of Glass Fibers (AREA)
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CA198,080A 1973-04-27 1974-04-23 Method of producing optical wave guide fibers Expired CA1020752A (en)

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JP (1) JPS5028339A (OSRAM)
CA (1) CA1020752A (OSRAM)
DE (1) DE2420558C2 (OSRAM)
FR (1) FR2227234B1 (OSRAM)
GB (1) GB1457456A (OSRAM)
IT (1) IT1011298B (OSRAM)
NL (1) NL7411049A (OSRAM)

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JPS5243648B2 (OSRAM) * 1974-10-21 1977-11-01
CA1063352A (en) * 1975-03-18 1979-10-02 Pedro B. Macedo Method for producing an impregnated waveguide
AU506281B2 (en) * 1975-03-18 1979-12-20 Litovitz, Theodore A. Producing strengthened glass structural member
GB1550820A (en) * 1975-07-04 1979-08-22 Standard Telephones Cables Ltd Optical fibre manufacture
FR2368444A1 (fr) * 1976-10-19 1978-05-19 Thomson Csf Procede de fabrication de fibres de verre a gradient radial d'indice de refraction, pour le guidage d'ondes optiques
CA1083183A (en) * 1976-12-30 1980-08-05 Mrinmay Samanta Joint doping of porous glasses to produce materials with high modifier concentrations
FR2427621A1 (fr) * 1978-05-30 1979-12-28 Thomson Csf Procede de fabrication de fibres optiques de faible attenuation, et fibre optique obtenue par ce procede
US4263031A (en) * 1978-06-12 1981-04-21 Corning Glass Works Method of producing glass optical filaments
US4302231A (en) * 1979-01-29 1981-11-24 Pedro Manoel Buarque De Macedo Method of producing a glass article having a graded refractive index profile of a parabolic nature
ZA81161B (en) * 1980-01-28 1982-08-25 Pilkington Brothers Ltd Optical glass fibres and methods of forming such fibres
US4436542A (en) * 1980-09-16 1984-03-13 Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. Process for the production of an optical glass article
DE3123024A1 (de) * 1981-06-10 1983-01-05 Siemens AG, 1000 Berlin und 8000 München Verfahren zum herstellen von hochreinem siliziumdioxid fuer lichtleitfasern
JPS5884143A (ja) * 1981-11-10 1983-05-20 Natl Inst For Res In Inorg Mater 低膨張ガラス組成物
JPS58199747A (ja) * 1982-05-14 1983-11-21 Hoya Corp 屈折率勾配を有するガラス体の製造法
CH658644A5 (fr) * 1984-04-12 1986-11-28 Battelle Memorial Institute Procede de fabrication de preformes pour fibres optiques.
US4605632A (en) * 1984-10-24 1986-08-12 Corning Glass Works Glass for tungsten-halogen lamps
DE3741393A1 (de) * 1987-12-07 1989-06-15 Siemens Ag Verfahren zum herstellen von aus hochreinem sio(pfeil abwaerts)2(pfeil abwaerts) bestehenden formkoerpern
US9393760B2 (en) 2013-02-28 2016-07-19 Corning Incorporated Laminated glass articles with phase-separated claddings and methods for forming the same

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GB1457456A (en) 1976-12-01
FR2227234B1 (OSRAM) 1981-11-27
DE2420558A1 (de) 1974-11-21
AU6834574A (en) 1975-10-30
JPS5028339A (OSRAM) 1975-03-22
NL7411049A (nl) 1975-10-24
DE2420558C2 (de) 1986-05-28
IT1011298B (it) 1977-01-20
FR2227234A1 (OSRAM) 1974-11-22

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