CA1050833A - Optical fiber fabrication involving homogeneous reaction within a moving hot zone - Google Patents

Optical fiber fabrication involving homogeneous reaction within a moving hot zone

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CA1050833A
CA1050833A CA219,629A CA219629A CA1050833A CA 1050833 A CA1050833 A CA 1050833A CA 219629 A CA219629 A CA 219629A CA 1050833 A CA1050833 A CA 1050833A
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tube
hot zone
glass
temperature
deposit
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CA219,629A
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French (fr)
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John B. Macchesney
Paul B. O'connor
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AT&T Corp
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Western Electric Co 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
    • C03B37/012—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]
    • C03B37/018—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 glass deposition on a glass substrate, e.g. by inside-, modified-, plasma-, or plasma modified- chemical vapour deposition [ICVD, MCVD, PCVD, PMCVD], i.e. by thin layer coating on the inside or outside of a glass tube or on a glass rod
    • C03B37/01861—Means for changing or stabilising the diameter or form of tubes or rods
    • 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]
    • C03B37/018—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 glass deposition on a glass substrate, e.g. by inside-, modified-, plasma-, or plasma modified- chemical vapour deposition [ICVD, MCVD, PCVD, PMCVD], i.e. by thin layer coating on the inside or outside of a glass tube or on a glass rod
    • 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

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  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Chemical Kinetics & Catalysis (AREA)
  • General Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • General Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Geochemistry & Mineralogy (AREA)
  • Manufacturing & Machinery (AREA)
  • Materials Engineering (AREA)
  • Organic Chemistry (AREA)
  • Manufacture, Treatment Of Glass Fibers (AREA)
  • Glass Compositions (AREA)
CA219,629A 1974-02-22 1975-02-07 Optical fiber fabrication involving homogeneous reaction within a moving hot zone Expired CA1050833A (en)

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US44470574A 1974-02-22 1974-02-22

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CA1050833A true CA1050833A (en) 1979-03-20

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JP (1) JPS5522423B2 (de)
CA (1) CA1050833A (de)
DE (1) DE2507340B2 (de)
FR (1) FR2261992B1 (de)
GB (1) GB1500530A (de)
NL (1) NL165720C (de)

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DE3133013A1 (de) * 1980-08-26 1982-04-08 Western Electric Co., Inc., 10038 New York, N.Y. "verfahren zum herstellen eines lichtleiterfaserrohlings"
FR2543455B1 (fr) * 1983-03-30 1987-03-27 Air Liquide Procede d'opalisation de la surface interieure d'objets de grande longueur par rapport a leur section
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JPS59454B2 (ja) * 1973-09-22 1984-01-06 住友電気工業株式会社 光伝送用ファイバ母材の製造方法

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NL165720C (nl) 1984-02-16
FR2261992B1 (de) 1980-01-04
GB1500530A (en) 1978-02-08
DE2507340B2 (de) 1979-03-01
FR2261992A1 (de) 1975-09-19
NL7502017A (nl) 1975-08-26
JPS5522423B2 (de) 1980-06-17
JPS50120352A (de) 1975-09-20
NL165720B (nl) 1980-12-15
DE2507340A1 (de) 1975-08-28

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