GB2071644B - Radiation resistant optical fibres and a process for the production thereof - Google Patents

Radiation resistant optical fibres and a process for the production thereof

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GB2071644B
GB2071644B GB8105047A GB8105047A GB2071644B GB 2071644 B GB2071644 B GB 2071644B GB 8105047 A GB8105047 A GB 8105047A GB 8105047 A GB8105047 A GB 8105047A GB 2071644 B GB2071644 B GB 2071644B
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optical fibres
radiation resistant
resistant optical
radiation
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Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp
Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd
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Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp
Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd
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Priority claimed from JP2062280A external-priority patent/JPS56117206A/en
Priority claimed from JP2062580A external-priority patent/JPS56120532A/en
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GB8105047A 1980-02-22 1981-02-18 Radiation resistant optical fibres and a process for the production thereof Expired GB2071644B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
JP2062280A JPS56117206A (en) 1980-02-22 1980-02-22 Optical fiber and its manufacture
JP2062580A JPS56120532A (en) 1980-02-22 1980-02-22 Manufacture of optical transmission fiber

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GB2071644A GB2071644A (en) 1981-09-23
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CA1218270A (en) * 1982-07-26 1987-02-24 Herman M. Presby Method of fabricating optical fiber preforms
US4501602A (en) * 1982-09-15 1985-02-26 Corning Glass Works Process for making sintered glasses and ceramics
JPS60200836A (en) * 1984-03-27 1985-10-11 Sumitomo Electric Ind Ltd Production of preform for optical fiber
US5152819A (en) * 1990-08-16 1992-10-06 Corning Incorporated Method of making fused silica
ES2248961T3 (en) * 1998-12-28 2006-03-16 PIRELLI & C. S.P.A. PROCEDURE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SILICE BY DECOMPOSITION OF AN ORGANOLSILAN.
US6336347B1 (en) 1998-12-28 2002-01-08 Pirelli Cavi E Sistemi S.P.A. Process for producing silica by decomposition of an organosilane
EP1061054A1 (en) * 1999-06-18 2000-12-20 Lucent Technologies Inc. Method of making optical fiber by a rod-in tube process and fiber made by the method
US6378337B1 (en) * 2000-09-15 2002-04-30 Corning Incorporated Method for producing bulk fused silica
US8265431B2 (en) 2009-11-06 2012-09-11 Baker Hughes Incorporated Rotated single or multicore optical fiber

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CA967173A (en) * 1973-01-04 1975-05-06 Peter C. Schultz Fused oxide type glasses
CA1050833A (en) * 1974-02-22 1979-03-20 John B. Macchesney Optical fiber fabrication involving homogeneous reaction within a moving hot zone
DE2415052C3 (en) * 1974-03-28 1979-04-19 Siemens Ag, 1000 Berlin Und 8000 Muenchen Method of manufacturing an optical fiber
FR2476058A1 (en) * 1980-02-15 1981-08-21 Quartz Silice Sa SEMI-PRODUCT FOR THE PRODUCTION OF OPTICAL FIBERS, PROCESS FOR PREPARING THE SEMICONDUCTOR AND OPTICAL FIBERS OBTAINED FROM THE SEMICONDUCTOR

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