JPS6054939A - Manufacture of preform rod for single mode fiber - Google Patents

Manufacture of preform rod for single mode fiber

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Publication number
JPS6054939A
JPS6054939A JP16230083A JP16230083A JPS6054939A JP S6054939 A JPS6054939 A JP S6054939A JP 16230083 A JP16230083 A JP 16230083A JP 16230083 A JP16230083 A JP 16230083A JP S6054939 A JPS6054939 A JP S6054939A
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rod
quartz
dopant
quartz tube
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Toshio Iwamoto
岩本 俊夫
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SWCC Corp
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Showa Electric Wire and Cable Co
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    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C03GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
    • C03BMANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
    • C03B37/00Manufacture or treatment of flakes, fibres, or filaments from softened glass, minerals, or slags
    • C03B37/01Manufacture of glass fibres or filaments
    • C03B37/012Manufacture of preforms for drawing fibres or filaments
    • C03B37/014Manufacture 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]
    • C03B37/018Manufacture 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
    • C03B37/01861Means for changing or stabilising the diameter or form of tubes or rods
    • C03B37/01869Collapsing

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Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain the titled rod capable of giving a fiber having excellent characteristics from an inexpensive material, easily, in a short time, by heating a quartz rod containing a dopant having low refractive index, thereby effecting the evaporation of the dopant from the inner surface and collapsing the quartz rod to a solid rod. CONSTITUTION:A clad layer containing F is applied to the inner surface of the natural quartz rod 1 by depositing an F-containing SiO2 soot to the inner surface of the quartz rod 1 and melting and vitrifying the soot. The supply of the raw material gas of glass is stopped, argon gas is introduced into the quartz rod 1, and the quartz rod 1 is heated at about 200 deg.C by moving the burner while applying internal pressure to the tube with the argon gas. The dopant F at the inner surface of the clad layer 2 is evaporated by the heat-treatment, and at the same time, the diameter of the tube is decreased to form a pure quartz layer forming the core part at the inner surface of the clad layer 2. Finally, the supply of the argon gas to the quartz rod 1 is stopped, and the shrunk quartz rod 1 is solidified by heating at about 1,800 deg.C to obtain the objective preform rod.

Description

【発明の詳細な説明】 (発明の技術分野) 本発明は、純石英コアを有するシングルモードファイバ
を得るためのプリフォーノ・ロッドの製造方法に関する
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a preforno rod for obtaining a single mode fiber with a pure quartz core.

(発明の技術的背景とその問題点) 従来、シングルモードファイバ用のプリフォームロッド
は、ターゲ、−,1・にその@11方向にスートを堆積
させる軸伺は法により製造されている。しかし、この軸
付け法では、Ge等の高bit 、1)j率ドーパント
を含むコア部をイjするプリフォーノ・ロッドは比較的
容易に作成すること1」できるが、例えば、耐放射線用
ファイバを1!するための純石英コア部を有するプリフ
ォームロッドはその作成が非常に困雌である。
(Technical Background of the Invention and Problems Therewith) Conventionally, preform rods for single mode fibers have been manufactured by a shafting method in which soot is deposited in the @11 direction on targets, -, 1, and so on. However, with this axial mounting method, it is relatively easy to create a preforno rod with a high-bit content such as Ge and a core containing a j-rate dopant. 1! Preform rods with pure quartz cores for this purpose are extremely difficult to manufacture.

そこで、従来は石英/i;に高純度の四j11化ケイ素
(S i C14)を導入し、管内に純石英ガラス層を
形成する内付け法により純石英コア部を有するプリフォ
ームロッドを製造することが行われている。しかし、こ
の内封は法では、純石英コア部を形成するために5iC
u4のみを熱酸化反応させることから、1700℃以」
−の反応温度が必要となるので、純石英コア部の成形中
に石英管が収縮してしまうという欠点を有する。従って
、この方法においては石英管の収縮を防止するための種
々の手段及び装置が不可欠である。また、ドーパントを
含まない四酸化ケイ素のみではその反応速度が遅いので
、プリフォームロッドの製造に多大の時間を要してしま
う。
Therefore, conventionally, a preform rod having a pure quartz core is manufactured by an internal attachment method in which high-purity silicon tetrachloride (S i C14) is introduced into quartz/i and a pure silica glass layer is formed inside the tube. things are being done. However, this inner sealing method requires 5iC to form a pure quartz core.
1700℃ or higher because only U4 undergoes a thermal oxidation reaction.
Since a reaction temperature of - is required, there is a drawback that the quartz tube shrinks during molding of the pure quartz core. Therefore, various means and devices for preventing shrinkage of the quartz tube are essential in this method. Furthermore, since the reaction rate of silicon tetroxide alone without a dopant is slow, it takes a lot of time to manufacture the preform rod.

その他、純石英コア林に低屈折率ドーパントを含む5i
Cu4スートを吹き付けるロッドインチューブ法にて純
石英コア部を有するプリフォームロッドを製造すること
も行われているが、かかる方法では、水分の極めて少な
い良質の純石英コア林を用いなければならないので、材
料費がその分だけ高くなってしまう。また、この方法に
より得られたロッドからシングルモードファイバを作成
すると、通常、コアとクラッドとの界面が不完全になる
ことが多いことから構造散乱が大きくなってしまい、長
波長で低損失のファイバを得ることは困難である。
In addition, 5i containing low refractive index dopant in pure quartz core forest
Preform rods with pure quartz cores have also been manufactured using the rod-in-tube method of spraying Cu4 soot, but this method requires the use of high-quality pure quartz core forests with extremely low moisture content. , the material cost will increase accordingly. In addition, when single-mode fibers are made from rods obtained by this method, the interface between the core and cladding is often incomplete, resulting in large structural scattering, resulting in long-wavelength, low-loss fibers. is difficult to obtain.

(発明の目的) 本発明の目的は、安価な材料を用いて簡単かつ短時間で
特性の優れた純石英コアを有するシングルモードファイ
バが得られるプリフォームロッドを製造するための方法
を提供することにある。
(Objective of the Invention) An object of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing a preform rod that can easily and quickly produce a single mode fiber having a pure quartz core with excellent characteristics using inexpensive materials. It is in.

(発明の概要) 本発明は、低屈折率ドーパントを含む石英管を加熱する
ことでその内周面から低屈折率ドーパントを蒸発させて
内周面に純石英層を形成すると共に石英管を中実化する
ことを特徴とする。
(Summary of the Invention) The present invention heats a quartz tube containing a low refractive index dopant to evaporate the low refractive index dopant from the inner peripheral surface to form a pure quartz layer on the inner peripheral surface, and at the same time, the quartz tube is heated. It is characterized by materialization.

(発明の実施例) 以下、本発明の実施例を図面を参照1.て説明する。(Example of the invention) Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.1. I will explain.

先ず、第1図に示すように、タロ¥20++s、肉厚1
.5+wmの天然石英管1を用意し、この石英管lを図
示しないガラス旋盤に取す付げた後1分間に数十回転の
速度で回転させた。そして、同時にこの石英管lに、S
 I CJL4100CC/l1in 、S IF42
00 cc/winを一定で導入すると共に反応用酸素
ガス02を2000 cc/ mainで導入し、石英
管lの軸方向に沿って酸水素バーナ(図示せず)をl 
OOmvm/ l1inの速度で移動させ、石英管1の
外壁を1550℃にて連続的に加熱した。この加熱によ
り5iCu4及びドーパン)Fを有するSiF4が酸素
ガス02と反応し、Fを含む5i02スートが石英管1
の内周面に堆積すると共に溶融され、ガラス化された。
First, as shown in Figure 1, taro ¥20++s, wall thickness 1
.. A 5+wm natural quartz tube 1 was prepared, and after being attached to a glass lathe (not shown), the quartz tube 1 was rotated at a speed of several tens of revolutions per minute. At the same time, S
I CJL4100CC/l1in, S IF42
00 cc/win was introduced at a constant rate, and reaction oxygen gas 02 was introduced at 2000 cc/main, and an oxyhydrogen burner (not shown) was installed along the axial direction of the quartz tube.
The outer wall of the quartz tube 1 was continuously heated at 1550° C. by moving at a speed of OOmvm/l1in. By this heating, SiF4 containing 5iCu4 and dopant F reacts with oxygen gas 02, and 5i02 soot containing F reacts with the quartz tube 1.
It was deposited on the inner circumferential surface of the tube and was melted and vitrified.

本実施例では上述の動作を20回繰り返しく堆積回数2
0回)、第1図に示すように、石英管1の内周面にFを
含むクラッド層2を形成した。
In this example, the above-mentioned operation is repeated 20 times, and the number of depositions is 2.
As shown in FIG. 1, a cladding layer 2 containing F was formed on the inner peripheral surface of a quartz tube 1.

このようにして1石英管lにクラッド層2を設けた後は
」−記ガラス原料ガスの供給を停止し、石英管lにアル
ゴンガスを流して内圧を加えつつバーナを更に移動させ
、2000℃の温度で石英管lを加熱した。この加熱に
よりクラッド層2の内周側のドーパン)Fが蒸発し、又
同時に縮径した。この加熱はバーナの往復動で数回繰り
返したので、その都度Fが蒸発し、かつ石英管lが縮径
し、クラッド層2の内周面にコア部となる純石英層が形
成された。
After providing the cladding layer 2 in the quartz tube 1 in this way, the supply of glass raw material gas was stopped, argon gas was flowed through the quartz tube 1, the burner was further moved while applying internal pressure, and the temperature was raised to 2000°C. The quartz tube 1 was heated to a temperature of . Due to this heating, the dopant (F) on the inner peripheral side of the cladding layer 2 was evaporated and the diameter was reduced at the same time. This heating was repeated several times by reciprocating the burner, so that F was evaporated each time, the diameter of the quartz tube l was reduced, and a pure quartz layer serving as a core was formed on the inner peripheral surface of the cladding layer 2.

最後に、石英管lへのアルゴンガスの供給を停止し、収
縮した石英管1を1800℃程IWで加熱することによ
り中実化(コラプス)し、プリフォームロッドを製造し
た。
Finally, the supply of argon gas to the quartz tube 1 was stopped, and the shrunken quartz tube 1 was heated to about 1800° C. with IW to collapse, thereby producing a preform rod.

このプリフォームロッドの屈折率分布を実測したところ
、第2図に示すように、クラッド層2の中央に立ち」ユ
がりの急激な高屈折の大きいコア部が形成されていた。
When the refractive index distribution of this preform rod was actually measured, as shown in FIG. 2, a core portion with a high refractive index and a sharp bend was formed in the center of the cladding layer 2.

この製造したプリフォームロッドを外径125ILmに
紡糸したところ、コア径が7.5#l−■で屈折率差が
0.005のシングルモードファイバを得ることができ
た。この得られたファイバは散乱損失が極めて小さかっ
た。これはクラッド層2にドーパンl−Fを蒸発させて
純石英層を一体的に形成したことでコアとクラッドとの
界面の変動が極めて小さくなって構造損失が減少したこ
とによると考えられる。
When this manufactured preform rod was spun to have an outer diameter of 125 ILm, a single mode fiber with a core diameter of 7.5 #l-■ and a refractive index difference of 0.005 could be obtained. The resulting fiber had extremely low scattering loss. This is thought to be due to the fact that by evaporating dopane l-F in the cladding layer 2 and integrally forming a pure quartz layer, fluctuations at the interface between the core and the cladding become extremely small, thereby reducing structural loss.

ところで、石英管l内では、−に述したように、5iC
JL4のみを反応させずにSiC見4とドーパントFを
含む5tFaとを酸素ガスと反応させているが、このよ
うにドーパントFを含んだ状態で反応させると、反応温
度としては1400℃〜1600℃の低温でよく、又5
iCu4のみの場合と比べて4〜5倍の量の5iCJ1
4を反応させることができる。従って、石英管lを殆ど
縮径させずに短時間でクラッド層2を形成することがで
きる。
By the way, in the quartz tube l, as mentioned in -, 5iC
SiC Mi4 and 5tFa containing dopant F are reacted with oxygen gas without reacting only JL4, but when reacting in a state containing dopant F in this way, the reaction temperature is 1400 ° C to 1600 ° C It is fine at a low temperature of 5.
4-5 times the amount of 5iCJ1 compared to iCu4 alone
4 can be reacted. Therefore, the cladding layer 2 can be formed in a short time without reducing the diameter of the quartz tube l.

−F記実施例ではドーパン)Fを含まない天然石英管を
用いてその周面に肉付は法にてFを含むクラッド層2を
形成しているが、予めドーパントFを含む石英管を用意
すると、前記クラッド層2の形成工程を省略し、直接こ
の石英管を加熱してFを内側から蒸発させることで石英
管内壁に純石英層を形成することができる。従って、プ
リフォームロッドの製造が更に簡単化され、また短時間
で行うことができる。
- In the example described above, a natural quartz tube that does not contain dopant (F) is used, and a cladding layer 2 containing F is formed on the circumferential surface by a filling method, but a quartz tube containing dopant F is prepared in advance. Then, by omitting the step of forming the cladding layer 2 and directly heating the quartz tube to evaporate F from the inside, a pure quartz layer can be formed on the inner wall of the quartz tube. Therefore, the production of the preform rod is further simplified and can be carried out in a short time.

また、上記実施例ではドーパントFを蒸発する工程とコ
ラプスする工程とを分離しているが、石英管をコラプス
するために加熱するだけでドーパントFが蒸発するので
、コラプスと同時にドーパントFを蒸発させるようにし
てもよい。
Further, in the above embodiment, the process of evaporating the dopant F and the process of collapsing are separated, but since the dopant F is evaporated simply by heating the quartz tube to collapse, the dopant F is evaporated at the same time as the collapse. You can do it like this.

尚、低屈折率ドーパントとじてI」Fに限られず、例え
ばBであってもよく、要は加熱により効率的に蒸発する
低Jiii折率ドーパントであればよい。
Note that the low refractive index dopant is not limited to I''F, but may also be B, for example, as long as it is a low JIII refractive index dopant that evaporates efficiently by heating.

(発明の効果) 本発明によれば、低屈折率ドーパントを直接又はクラッ
ド層どして含む石英管を加熱し、その内周面から前記低
屈折率ドーパントを蒸発させてコア部と成る純石英層を
形成し、かつ中実化するだけであることから、材料とし
て良質の石英管を用いる必要がなく、例えば天然石英管
を用いることができ又石英管の収縮を全く考慮せずに筒
中かつ短時間で純石英コア部を有するシングルモードフ
ァイバ用のプリフォームロッドを製造することができる
。従って、安価なシングルモードファイバを提供するこ
とができる。また、クラッド層と一体的にコア部となる
純石英層を形成するので、クラッドとコアとの界面での
構浩散^1.の小さい優れたシングルモードファイバが
得られる。
(Effects of the Invention) According to the present invention, a quartz tube containing a low refractive index dopant directly or as a cladding layer is heated, and the low refractive index dopant is evaporated from the inner peripheral surface of the pure quartz tube to form the core portion. Since it is only necessary to form a layer and make it solid, there is no need to use a high-quality quartz tube as a material.For example, a natural quartz tube can be used, and the inside of the cylinder and A preform rod for a single mode fiber having a pure quartz core can be manufactured in a short time. Therefore, an inexpensive single mode fiber can be provided. In addition, since the pure quartz layer that becomes the core part is formed integrally with the cladding layer, the structure at the interface between the cladding and the core is expanded^1. An excellent single-mode fiber with a small value can be obtained.

【図面の簡単な説明】[Brief explanation of the drawing]

第1図は本発明に係る製造方法を説明するための概略図
、第2図は本発明方法により製造したプリフォームロッ
ドの屈折率分布図である。 1−−−一−−石英管、 2−−−−−−クラッド層。 第2図 第1M
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram for explaining the manufacturing method according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a refractive index distribution diagram of a preform rod manufactured by the method of the present invention. 1---1---quartz tube, 2---clad layer. Figure 2 1M

Claims (1)

【特許請求の範囲】 1、低屈折率ドーパントを含む石英管を加熱してその内
周面から前記低屈折率ドーパントを蒸発させ、前記石英
管を中実化することを特徴とするシングルモードファイ
バ用プリフォームロッドの製造方法。 2、前記石英管としてその内周面側に低屈折率ドーパン
トを含む層が形成されている石英管を用いることを特徴
とする特許請求の範囲第1項に記載のシングルモードフ
ァイバ用プリフォームロッドの製造方法。 3、前記石英管を加熱して中実化と同時に前記低屈折率
ドーパントを蒸発させることを特徴とする特許請求の範
囲第1項に記載のシングルモードファイバ用プリフォー
ムロッドの製造方法。
[Claims] 1. A single mode fiber characterized in that a quartz tube containing a low refractive index dopant is heated to evaporate the low refractive index dopant from its inner circumferential surface, thereby making the quartz tube solid. Method for manufacturing preform rods. 2. The preform rod for a single mode fiber according to claim 1, wherein a quartz tube is used as the quartz tube, and a layer containing a low refractive index dopant is formed on the inner peripheral surface of the quartz tube. manufacturing method. 3. The method of manufacturing a preform rod for a single mode fiber according to claim 1, wherein the quartz tube is heated to evaporate the low refractive index dopant at the same time as solidification.
JP16230083A 1983-09-02 1983-09-02 Manufacture of preform rod for single mode fiber Pending JPS6054939A (en)

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Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4735648A (en) * 1984-07-25 1988-04-05 Stc Plc Optical fibre manufacture

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
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US4735648A (en) * 1984-07-25 1988-04-05 Stc Plc Optical fibre manufacture

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