GB2388367B - A process for making rare earth doped optical fibre - Google Patents

A process for making rare earth doped optical fibre

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GB2388367B
GB2388367B GB0318455A GB0318455A GB2388367B GB 2388367 B GB2388367 B GB 2388367B GB 0318455 A GB0318455 A GB 0318455A GB 0318455 A GB0318455 A GB 0318455A GB 2388367 B GB2388367 B GB 2388367B
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rare earth
optical fibre
doped optical
earth doped
making rare
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Tarun Bandyopadhyay
Ranjansen
Shyamal Kumar Bhadra
Kamal Dasgupta
Mukul Chandra Paul
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    • 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]
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    • 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
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    • 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
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