EP1086053A4 - Method of making an optical fiber preform - Google Patents

Method of making an optical fiber preform

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Publication number
EP1086053A4
EP1086053A4 EP99916592A EP99916592A EP1086053A4 EP 1086053 A4 EP1086053 A4 EP 1086053A4 EP 99916592 A EP99916592 A EP 99916592A EP 99916592 A EP99916592 A EP 99916592A EP 1086053 A4 EP1086053 A4 EP 1086053A4
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Prior art keywords
making
optical fiber
fiber preform
preform
optical
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EP99916592A
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German (de)
French (fr)
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EP1086053A1 (en
Inventor
Mikhail Ivanovich Gouskov
Evgueni Borisovich Danilov
Mohammad Afzal Aslami
Dau Wu
John Edward Mattison
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FiberCore Inc
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FiberCore 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
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    • 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]
    • C03B37/01413—Reactant delivery systems
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
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    • 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]
    • C03B37/01413—Reactant delivery systems
    • C03B37/0142—Reactant deposition burners
    • C03B37/01426—Plasma deposition burners or torches
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C03—GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
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    • 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]
    • C03B37/01466—Means for changing or stabilising the diameter or form of tubes or rods
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C03—GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
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    • 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
    • C03B37/01815—Reactant deposition burners or deposition heating means
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    • 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
    • G02B6/02057—Optical fibres with cladding with or without a coating comprising gratings
    • G02B6/02076—Refractive index modulation gratings, e.g. Bragg gratings
    • G02B6/02123—Refractive index modulation gratings, e.g. Bragg gratings characterised by the method of manufacture of the grating
    • G02B6/02152—Refractive index modulation gratings, e.g. Bragg gratings characterised by the method of manufacture of the grating involving moving the fibre or a manufacturing element, stretching of the fibre
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    • C03B2201/06—Doped silica-based glasses
    • C03B2201/08—Doped silica-based glasses doped with boron or fluorine or other refractive index decreasing dopant
    • C03B2201/12—Doped silica-based glasses doped with boron or fluorine or other refractive index decreasing dopant doped with fluorine
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    • C03B2201/06—Doped silica-based glasses
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    • C03B2201/28—Doped silica-based glasses doped with non-metals other than boron or fluorine doped with phosphorus
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    • C03B2201/31—Doped silica-based glasses doped with metals, e.g. Ga, Sn, Sb, Pb or Bi doped with germanium
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    • C03B2201/32—Doped silica-based glasses doped with metals, e.g. Ga, Sn, Sb, Pb or Bi doped with aluminium
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    • 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
    • C03B2203/22—Radial profile of refractive index, composition or softening point

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Plasma & Fusion (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Manufacture, Treatment Of Glass Fibers (AREA)
  • Re-Forming, After-Treatment, Cutting And Transporting Of Glass Products (AREA)
EP99916592A 1998-04-10 1999-04-09 Method of making an optical fiber preform Withdrawn EP1086053A4 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US5820798A 1998-04-10 1998-04-10
US58207 1998-04-10
PCT/US1999/007872 WO1999052832A1 (en) 1998-04-10 1999-04-09 Method of making an optical fiber preform

Publications (2)

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EP1086053A1 EP1086053A1 (en) 2001-03-28
EP1086053A4 true EP1086053A4 (en) 2008-03-05

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EP (1) EP1086053A4 (en)
JP (1) JP4375902B2 (en)
KR (1) KR20010081941A (en)
CN (1) CN1295169C (en)
AU (1) AU750390B2 (en)
BR (1) BR9909569B1 (en)
CA (1) CA2328143A1 (en)
RU (1) RU2235071C2 (en)
WO (1) WO1999052832A1 (en)
ZA (1) ZA992666B (en)

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JP4375902B2 (en) 2009-12-02
KR20010081941A (en) 2001-08-29
BR9909569B1 (en) 2010-07-27
AU3488499A (en) 1999-11-01
JP2003510234A (en) 2003-03-18
RU2235071C2 (en) 2004-08-27
EP1086053A1 (en) 2001-03-28
WO1999052832A9 (en) 2000-02-17
BR9909569A (en) 2002-11-05
AU750390B2 (en) 2002-07-18
CN1332702A (en) 2002-01-23
ZA992666B (en) 1999-10-13

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