CA1128739A - Method of making large diameter optical waveguide preforms - Google Patents
Method of making large diameter optical waveguide preformsInfo
- Publication number
- CA1128739A CA1128739A CA325,707A CA325707A CA1128739A CA 1128739 A CA1128739 A CA 1128739A CA 325707 A CA325707 A CA 325707A CA 1128739 A CA1128739 A CA 1128739A
- Authority
- CA
- Canada
- Prior art keywords
- tube
- substrate
- gas
- hot zone
- vapor mixture
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
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- VYPSYNLAJGMNEJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N Silicium dioxide Chemical compound O=[Si]=O VYPSYNLAJGMNEJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 10
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- 238000005137 deposition process Methods 0.000 description 4
- 239000000377 silicon dioxide Substances 0.000 description 4
- 239000005388 borosilicate glass Substances 0.000 description 3
- KRHYYFGTRYWZRS-UHFFFAOYSA-N Fluorane Chemical compound F KRHYYFGTRYWZRS-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- 230000004888 barrier function Effects 0.000 description 2
- WTEOIRVLGSZEPR-UHFFFAOYSA-N boron trifluoride Chemical compound FB(F)F WTEOIRVLGSZEPR-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
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Classifications
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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
- C03B37/01807—Reactant delivery systems, e.g. reactant deposition burners
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- 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
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C03—GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
- C03B—MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
- C03B2207/00—Glass deposition burners
- C03B2207/80—Feeding the burner or the burner-heated deposition site
- C03B2207/85—Feeding the burner or the burner-heated deposition site with vapour generated from liquid glass precursors, e.g. directly by heating the liquid
- C03B2207/86—Feeding the burner or the burner-heated deposition site with vapour generated from liquid glass precursors, e.g. directly by heating the liquid by bubbling a gas through the liquid
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C03—GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
- C03B—MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
- C03B2207/00—Glass deposition burners
- C03B2207/80—Feeding the burner or the burner-heated deposition site
- C03B2207/85—Feeding the burner or the burner-heated deposition site with vapour generated from liquid glass precursors, e.g. directly by heating the liquid
- C03B2207/87—Controlling the temperature
Landscapes
- 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)
- Optical Integrated Circuits (AREA)
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| US91375478A | 1978-06-08 | 1978-06-08 | |
| US913,754 | 1978-06-08 |
Publications (1)
| Publication Number | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| CA1128739A true CA1128739A (en) | 1982-08-03 |
Family
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Family Applications (1)
| Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA325,707A Expired CA1128739A (en) | 1978-06-08 | 1979-04-18 | Method of making large diameter optical waveguide preforms |
Country Status (20)
| Country | Link |
|---|---|
| JP (1) | JPS5851892B2 (xx) |
| AT (1) | AT377749B (xx) |
| AU (1) | AU519536B2 (xx) |
| BE (1) | BE876882A (xx) |
| BR (1) | BR7903533A (xx) |
| CA (1) | CA1128739A (xx) |
| CH (1) | CH642336A5 (xx) |
| DE (1) | DE2922795C2 (xx) |
| DK (1) | DK228879A (xx) |
| ES (2) | ES481361A1 (xx) |
| FI (1) | FI65612C (xx) |
| FR (1) | FR2428011A1 (xx) |
| GB (1) | GB2023129B (xx) |
| IN (1) | IN150558B (xx) |
| IT (1) | IT1193183B (xx) |
| NL (1) | NL174539C (xx) |
| NO (1) | NO147948C (xx) |
| SE (1) | SE434149B (xx) |
| SU (1) | SU1068028A3 (xx) |
| YU (1) | YU132379A (xx) |
Families Citing this family (9)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US4328018A (en) * | 1980-06-19 | 1982-05-04 | Corning Glass Works | Method and apparatus for making optical fiber waveguides |
| US4328017A (en) * | 1980-06-19 | 1982-05-04 | Corning Glass Works | Method and apparatus for making optical fiber waveguides |
| FR2500109A1 (fr) * | 1981-02-13 | 1982-08-20 | Thomson Csf | Dispositif de jonction elastique et etanche |
| US4378987A (en) * | 1981-10-15 | 1983-04-05 | Corning Glass Works | Low temperature method for making optical fibers |
| JPS59194399U (ja) * | 1983-06-08 | 1984-12-24 | 栗田工業株式会社 | 汚泥脱水装置 |
| JPS6046990U (ja) * | 1983-09-05 | 1985-04-02 | 日立プラント建設株式会社 | ベルトプレス形汚泥脱水機の汚泥供給シユ−ト |
| GB2162168B (en) * | 1984-07-25 | 1988-06-29 | Stc Plc | Optical fibre manufacture |
| DE3925945A1 (de) * | 1989-08-05 | 1991-02-07 | Rheydt Kabelwerk Ag | Vorrichtung zur beschichtung einer vorform fuer lichtwellenleiter |
| JPH0448910A (ja) * | 1990-06-15 | 1992-02-18 | Kubota Corp | ベルトプレスのケーキ横落ち防止装置 |
Family Cites Families (3)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB1427327A (en) * | 1972-06-08 | 1976-03-10 | Standard Telephones Cables Ltd | Glass optical fibres |
| FR2266668A1 (en) * | 1975-03-06 | 1975-10-31 | Quartz & Silice | Depositing a layer of glass inside a silica tube - to produce optical fibre blanks, using a heating flame, a shaping roller and a local pressure of gas |
| FR2364186A1 (fr) * | 1976-09-09 | 1978-04-07 | Comp Generale Electricite | Procede et dispositif pour deposer une couche d'un verre sur la paroi interne d'un tube |
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1979
- 1979-04-18 CA CA325,707A patent/CA1128739A/en not_active Expired
- 1979-05-21 AU AU47226/79A patent/AU519536B2/en not_active Ceased
- 1979-05-31 CH CH510679A patent/CH642336A5/de not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1979-06-01 DK DK228879A patent/DK228879A/da not_active Application Discontinuation
- 1979-06-01 NL NLAANVRAGE7904361,A patent/NL174539C/xx not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1979-06-05 BR BR7903533A patent/BR7903533A/pt unknown
- 1979-06-05 YU YU01323/79A patent/YU132379A/xx unknown
- 1979-06-05 SE SE7904892A patent/SE434149B/sv not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1979-06-05 GB GB7919580A patent/GB2023129B/en not_active Expired
- 1979-06-05 FR FR7914312A patent/FR2428011A1/fr active Granted
- 1979-06-05 DE DE2922795A patent/DE2922795C2/de not_active Expired
- 1979-06-06 JP JP54071093A patent/JPS5851892B2/ja not_active Expired
- 1979-06-07 NO NO791909A patent/NO147948C/no unknown
- 1979-06-07 AT AT0409179A patent/AT377749B/de not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1979-06-07 IN IN589/CAL/79A patent/IN150558B/en unknown
- 1979-06-07 SU SU792778799A patent/SU1068028A3/ru active
- 1979-06-07 IT IT23341/79A patent/IT1193183B/it active
- 1979-06-07 ES ES481361A patent/ES481361A1/es not_active Expired
- 1979-06-08 FI FI791843A patent/FI65612C/fi not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1979-06-08 BE BE0/195663A patent/BE876882A/xx not_active IP Right Cessation
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1980
- 1980-03-11 ES ES489422A patent/ES489422A0/es active Granted
Also Published As
| Publication number | Publication date |
|---|---|
| SE7904892L (sv) | 1979-12-09 |
| NL174539C (nl) | 1984-07-02 |
| ES8103387A1 (es) | 1981-02-16 |
| AT377749B (de) | 1985-04-25 |
| FI65612B (fi) | 1984-02-29 |
| NL174539B (nl) | 1984-02-01 |
| YU132379A (en) | 1983-01-21 |
| ES489422A0 (es) | 1981-02-16 |
| NL7904361A (nl) | 1979-12-11 |
| JPS553393A (en) | 1980-01-11 |
| FR2428011A1 (fr) | 1980-01-04 |
| JPS5851892B2 (ja) | 1983-11-18 |
| AU4722679A (en) | 1979-12-13 |
| BE876882A (fr) | 1979-12-10 |
| IN150558B (xx) | 1982-11-13 |
| DE2922795C2 (de) | 1983-03-10 |
| DE2922795A1 (de) | 1979-12-13 |
| NO791909L (no) | 1979-12-11 |
| SU1068028A3 (ru) | 1984-01-15 |
| AU519536B2 (en) | 1981-12-10 |
| BR7903533A (pt) | 1980-01-22 |
| IT1193183B (it) | 1988-06-02 |
| GB2023129A (en) | 1979-12-28 |
| FI65612C (fi) | 1984-06-11 |
| FR2428011B1 (xx) | 1984-10-19 |
| ATA409179A (de) | 1984-09-15 |
| DK228879A (da) | 1979-12-09 |
| SE434149B (sv) | 1984-07-09 |
| NO147948C (no) | 1983-07-13 |
| FI791843A (fi) | 1979-12-09 |
| ES481361A1 (es) | 1980-08-16 |
| CH642336A5 (de) | 1984-04-13 |
| GB2023129B (en) | 1982-09-15 |
| IT7923341A0 (it) | 1979-06-07 |
| NO147948B (no) | 1983-04-05 |
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Legal Events
| Date | Code | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| MKEX | Expiry |