GB1475499A - Optical fibres and optical fibre preforms - Google Patents

Optical fibres and optical fibre preforms

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GB1475499A
GB1475499A GB3883274A GB3883274A GB1475499A GB 1475499 A GB1475499 A GB 1475499A GB 3883274 A GB3883274 A GB 3883274A GB 3883274 A GB3883274 A GB 3883274A GB 1475499 A GB1475499 A GB 1475499A
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Prior art keywords
tube
optical
glass
fibre preforms
optical fibre
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GB3883274A
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STC PLC
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Standard Telephone and Cables PLC
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Priority claimed from GB2677072A external-priority patent/GB1427327A/en
Application filed by Standard Telephone and Cables PLC filed Critical Standard Telephone and Cables PLC
Priority to GB3883274A priority Critical patent/GB1475499A/en
Priority claimed from GB3944473A external-priority patent/GB1475496A/en
Priority to CH1154775A priority patent/CH609656A5/en
Priority to ES75440754A priority patent/ES440754A1/en
Publication of GB1475499A publication Critical patent/GB1475499A/en
Expired legal-status Critical Current

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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
    • C03B37/02754—Solid fibres drawn from hollow preforms
    • 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
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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
    • C03B37/01853—Thermal after-treatment of preforms, e.g. dehydrating, consolidating, sintering
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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
    • C03B37/01861—Means for changing or stabilising the diameter or form of tubes or rods
    • C03B37/01869—Collapsing
    • 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
    • G02B6/4429—Means specially adapted for strengthening or protecting the cables
    • G02B6/44382—Means specially adapted for strengthening or protecting the cables the means comprising hydrogen absorbing materials
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    • C03B2201/06—Doped silica-based glasses
    • C03B2201/20—Doped silica-based glasses doped with non-metals other than boron or fluorine
    • 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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    • C03B2201/40—Doped silica-based glasses doped with metals, e.g. Ga, Sn, Sb, Pb or Bi doped with transition metals other than rare earth metals, e.g. Zr, Nb, Ta or Zn
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    • C03B2201/42—Doped silica-based glasses doped with metals, e.g. Ga, Sn, Sb, Pb or Bi doped with transition metals other than rare earth metals, e.g. Zr, Nb, Ta or Zn doped with titanium
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    • C03B—MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
    • C03B2205/00—Fibre drawing or extruding details
    • C03B2205/12—Drawing solid optical fibre directly from a hollow preform
    • C03B2205/16—Drawing solid optical fibre directly from a hollow preform the drawn fibre consisting of circularly symmetric core and clad

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Abstract

In the process of the principal patent, the inner wall of a glass tube is covered by at least one glass layer of higher refractive index than that of the tube, forming the core of the optical fibre. In the present process, the coating of the inner wall of the glass tube (11) is carried out by applying a material layer (10) which is converted, under the action of heat, into a glass layer of higher refractive index than that of the tube. To this end, for example, a tube of silicon dioxide is coated with germanium dioxide or germanium dioxide-containing material, the coating material being deposited by a reaction in which hydrogen and compounds thereof are excluded. <IMAGE>
GB3883274A 1972-06-08 1973-08-21 Optical fibres and optical fibre preforms Expired GB1475499A (en)

Priority Applications (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB3883274A GB1475499A (en) 1972-06-08 1973-08-21 Optical fibres and optical fibre preforms
CH1154775A CH609656A5 (en) 1973-08-21 1974-08-16 Process for the production of optical fibres
ES75440754A ES440754A1 (en) 1973-08-21 1975-09-05 A method for the manufacture of an optical fiber or an optical fiber preform. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB2677072A GB1427327A (en) 1972-06-08 1972-06-08 Glass optical fibres
GB3944473A GB1475496A (en) 1972-06-08 1973-08-21 Optical fibres and optical fibre preforms
GB3883274A GB1475499A (en) 1972-06-08 1973-08-21 Optical fibres and optical fibre preforms

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GB1475499A true GB1475499A (en) 1977-06-01

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414F Notice of opposition given (sect. 14/1949)
414B Case decided by the comptroller ** grants allowed (sect. 14/1949)
PS Patent sealed [section 19, patents act 1949]