WO2005014498A1 - 光ファイバ母材の製造方法、光ファイバの製造方法、および、光ファイバ - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a method for producing an optical fiber preform and a method for producing an optical fiber, comprising a step of depositing a glass layer inside a starting pipe made of silica glass and a step of solidifying the starting pipe. And an optical fiber manufactured by the same.
- wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) transmission technology has become increasingly important.
- WDM transmission it is important to keep the difference in chromatic dispersion within the used wavelength band small and to adjust the transmission characteristics for each used wavelength, so strictly adjust the wavelength dependence of the dispersion of the optical fiber. It is strongly desired.
- the optical fiber in which the wavelength dependence of dispersion is adjusted include a dispersion-shifted optical fiber, a non-zero dispersion-shifted optical fiber, a dispersion flat optical fiber, and a dispersion compensating optical fiber. These optical fibers have complicated refractive index profiles having a plurality of maximum points and minimum points.
- Manufacturing methods suitable for this purpose are internal methods such as MCVD (Modified chemical vapor deposition) and PCVD (Plasma-activated chemical vapor deposition).
- MCVD Modified chemical vapor deposition
- PCVD Pesma-activated chemical vapor deposition
- the MCVD method is described in “Optical Fiber Communications International Edition 1991,” McGraw-Hill Book Co., pp. 66-67. It is widely used because it is relatively easy to obtain a quality optical fiber preform.
- a method of manufacturing an optical fiber by solidifying a pipe on which glass is deposited by using an MCVD method to form a glass rod and drawing the rod while integrating it with a part of the outer part of the clad is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,820,322.
- OH groups hydroxyl groups
- An optical fiber whose wavelength dependence of dispersion is adjusted has a complicated manufacturing process due to its complicated refractive index profile, and OH groups easily penetrate into glass. If OH groups are present in the optical waveguide region of the fiber, the light will be absorbed by the OH groups and transmission loss will increase. Disclosure of the invention
- An object of the present invention is to provide an optical fiber preform and an optical fiber manufacturing method capable of obtaining a desired refractive index profile and suppressing an increase in loss due to absorption of OH groups, and a method of manufacturing the optical fiber.
- An object of the present invention is to provide an optical fiber manufactured by the method.
- the starting pipe made of silica glass with an outer diameter of 20 mm or more and 150 mm or less and a wall thickness of 2 mm or more and 8 mm or less, either fluorine, germanium, phosphorus, or chlorine
- a glass layer serving as a core and a glass layer serving as a part of the clad are deposited by an internal method to form a pipe having a glass layer serving as a core.
- the pipe is solidified to a depth of 1 mm from the surface.
- the present invention provides a method for producing an optical fiber preform which is a glass rod having an OH group concentration in a portion of which is not more than 10 ppm by weight.
- the concentration of the OH group is 1 ppm by weight or less.
- the starting pipe may be a pipe made of silica glass to which fluorine is added.
- Departure pipes have been prepared by subsequent dehydration transparent by depositing glass particles, the wall thickness eccentricity of the OH groups of the concentration good c starting pipe be less than or equal to 0.01 ppm by weight present in the starting pipe, The ellipticity of the inner and outer diameters of the starting pipe 'may be less than 1% over the entire length.
- the internal method is the MCVD method, and the deposition rate of the glass layer may be 0.4 g / min or more. More preferably, the deposition rate is 1.0 g / min or more.
- the sum of the thickness of the core glass layer and the thickness of the glass layer forming a part of the clad is 1 mm or more, and the thickness of the pipe having the core glass layer is 8 mm or less. Is also good.
- the ellipticity of the core of the glass rod is 0.4% or less, and bubbles on the central axis of the glass rod The number may be one or less per 10 mm length.
- the ellipticity of the part deposited by the internal method of the glass rod is 1.5% or less, and the number of bubbles on the central axis of the glass rod may be 1 or less per 10 mm length.
- Solidification is performed by heating one end of a pipe having a glass layer serving as a core to solidify the pipe, and heating the pipe having a glass layer serving as a core from one end to the other end.
- a second heating step of solidification wherein the surface temperature T1 at one end in the first heating step may be higher than the surface temperature T2 of the heated portion of the pipe in the second heating step.
- the heating source of the MCVD method may be any of an induction furnace, a resistance furnace, and a plasma torch.
- the heating source for solidification may be any of an induction furnace, a resistance furnace, and a plasma torch.
- a method of manufacturing an optical fiber for drawing an optical fiber preform manufactured by the method of manufacturing an optical fiber preform of the present invention In the drawing step in the method of manufacturing an optical fiber, a glass rod may be inserted into a jacket pipe, and the glass rod and the jacket pipe may be heated and drawn while being integrated.
- the jacket pipe is made by depositing glass particles and then dehydrating and clarifying it.
- the concentration of OH groups present in the jacket pipe may be 0.01 ppm by weight or less.
- an optical fiber manufactured by using the optical fiber manufacturing method of the present invention is provided.
- the polarization mode dispersion of the optical fiber may be 0.15 ps / km 1/2 or less, and the loss due to the absorption of the ⁇ group at the wavelength of 1.38 ⁇ may be 0.2 dB / km or less.
- FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing a cross section perpendicular to a central axis of an optical fiber preform manufactured by a method of manufacturing an optical fiber preform according to the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing a refractive index profile of the optical fiber preform of FIG.
- FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a method of manufacturing an optical fiber preform according to the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram illustrating the MCVD method.
- FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram illustrating an example of a method for manufacturing a starting pipe.
- FIG. 6 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a first heating step in the solidification step.
- FIG. 7 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a second heating step in the solidification step.
- FIG. 8 is a graph showing the relationship between the type of heat source used for solidification and the core ellipticity.
- 9 is a graph showing the relationship between the dew point and the OH group concentration of the mixed gas of SF 6 and Cl 2 to the flow rate of the mixed gas consisting of SF 6 and Cl 2.
- FIG. 10 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a method for measuring the number of bubbles in a glass rod.
- FIG. 11 is a graph showing the relationship between the core ellipticity of the glass rod and the core ellipticity of the optical fiber preform.
- FIG. 12 is a graph showing the relationship between the core ellipticity of the optical fiber preform and the polarization mode dispersion of the optical fiber.
- FIG. 13 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a method of inserting a glass rod into a jacket pipe and drawing while integrating the glass rod.
- Figure 14 is a graph showing the relationship between the chlorine concentration in the starting pipe and the loss due to the absorption of OH groups in the 1.4 ⁇ band of the optical fiber manufactured using this starting pipe.
- FIG. 15 is a graph showing the relationship between the thickness of the starting pipe and the wavelength-independent component in the loss of the optical fiber.
- FIG. 16 is a graph showing an example of an absorption spectrum of a transition metal.
- FIG. 17 is a conceptual diagram showing a refractive index profile of an optical fiber preform for a quintuple clad optical fiber.
- FIG. 18 is a conceptual diagram showing a refractive index profile of an optical fiber preform for a six-layer clad optical fiber.
- FIG. 19 is a graph illustrating the relationship between the thickness of the glass pipe, the traverse speed of the wrench, and the state of the glass layer inside.
- FIG. 20 is a graph showing the result of calculating the relationship between the OH group concentration on the glass rod surface and the OH group absorption in the 1.4 ⁇ m band.
- FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing a cross section perpendicular to the central axis of an optical fiber preform 1 manufactured by the method for manufacturing an optical fiber preform of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing a refractive index profile of the optical fiber preform 1.
- the optical fiber preform 1 is an optical fiber preform for making an optical fiber having a complex refractive index aperture file such as a dispersion shift fiber, a dispersion flat dispersion shift fiber, and a dispersion compensation fiber.
- the optical fiber preform 1 has a center core 14, a first depressed portion 13, a ring portion 12, a second depressed portion 11, and an outer cladding 15 in order from the center to the outside. Note that the cross-sectional shape of the optical fiber manufactured using the optical fiber preform 1 is the same as the cross-sectional shape of the optical fiber preform 1.
- the refractive index profiles 14 ⁇ , 13 ⁇ , 12 ⁇ , 11 ⁇ , and 15 ⁇ are the refraction of the central core 14, the first depressed portion 13, the ring portion 12, the second depressed portion 11, and the outer clad 15, respectively. It is a rate profile.
- the refractive index profile 14 ⁇ is the maximum refractive index Nc
- the refractive index profile 13 ⁇ is the minimum refractive index Ndl
- the refractive index profile 12 ⁇ is the maximum refractive index Nr
- the refractive index profile 11 ⁇ is the minimum refractive index Nd2
- the refractive index profile file 15 ⁇ Has a maximum refractive index No, and each refractive index has a relationship of Nc> Nr> No> Nd2> Ndl.
- the relative refractive index difference of each refractive index Nc, Ndl, Nr, Nd2 based on the refractive index No of the outer cladding is represented by Adl, ZXr, and Ad2, respectively.
- 2c is the diameter of the central core 14
- 2dl is the outer diameter of the first depressed portion 13
- 2r is the outer diameter of the ring portion 12
- 2d2 is the outer diameter of the second depressed portion 11, and 2.
- the refractive index profile of each region other than the central core 14 is step-shaped, but the refractive index profile of the central core 14 is Has a dip in the center.
- FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a method of manufacturing an optical fiber preform according to the present invention.
- the central core 14, the first depressed portion 13, and the ring portion 12 of the optical fiber preform 1 are provided inside the starting pipe to be the second depressed portion 11 by an internal method such as an MCVD method. It is formed.
- FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram illustrating the MCVD method.
- raw material gas inside the starting pipe 20 chloride Kei element (SiCl 4), oxygen (0 2)) or helium (He) while introducing the like, using a PANA 22 outside of the starting pipe 20
- the glass fine particles 21 are deposited by heating to make the glass fine particles 21 transparent, and then the glass layer 23 is formed.
- germanium (Ge), phosphorus, or chlorine (C1) is included in a source gas to form a glass layer to be a ring portion 12.
- a glass layer to be the first depressed portion 13 is formed by incorporating fluorine into the source gas.
- Ge, phosphorus or C1 is again included in the raw material gas to form a glass layer to be the central core 14.
- the starting tip 20 is made by depositing glass particles by VAD (Vapor phase axial deposition) method, OVD (Outside vapor phase deposition) method, etc., and then dehydrating and clearing it.
- VAD Very phase axial deposition
- OVD Outside vapor phase deposition
- FIG. 14 is a graph showing the relationship between the concentration of C1 in a starting pipe and the loss due to absorption of OH groups in the 1.4 band of an optical fiber manufactured using the starting pipe.
- the loss due to the absorption of the ⁇ group in the 1.4 ⁇ band of the optical fiber can be reduced to 0.05 dB / km or less when dehydrated under the condition that chlorine remains at 0.1% by weight, and can be reduced under the condition that chlorine remains at 0.25% by weight. It can be less than 0.01 dB / km.
- the starting pipe 20 has an outer diameter of 20 mm or more and 150 mm or less and a wall thickness of 2 8 mm or less. By setting the outer diameter between 20 mm and 150 mm, a large optical fiber preform can be manufactured.
- Fig. 15 is a graph showing the relationship between the thickness of the starting pipe and the wavelength-independent component in the loss of the optical fiber, the so-called B value. As shown in Fig. 15, if the pipe thickness is reduced to 8 mm or less, the boundary between the glass layers formed inside the pipe becomes smooth and the B value can be reduced. . If the pipe thickness is set to 2 mm or more, it is possible to prevent the oval shape from being formed later when the solidification is performed.
- the starting pipe 20 is desirably a pipe made of silica glass to which fluorine is added.
- a method for producing silica glass to which fluorine is added it is desirable to make the glass fine particle deposit transparent in a gas atmosphere containing at least a fluorine atom or a compound containing fluorine.
- uniform wall thickness of the starting pipe 20 the inside diameter of the Shi starting pipe 20 desired not more than 0.3% over the entire length, and ellipticity of outer diameter of 1% at which the c where desirable or less, uneven thickness
- the ratio is ((maximum thickness of pipe)-1 (minimum thickness of pipe)) ⁇ good and good average thickness of bapipe.
- the ellipticity is ((maximum diameter)-(minimum diameter)) average diameter when the outer shape of the cross section is approximated by an ellipse and foaming is favorable. This allows polarization mode dispersion
- Table I shows the results obtained by incorporating glass particles containing germanium oxide into pipes with different wall thickness ratios and making them transparent. Table I
- Table II shows the PMD of samples 11-19 with different wall thickness, core eccentricity, and core ellipticity.
- the core eccentricity is (distance between rod center and core center) / (rod radius). As shown in Table II, if the average in the axial direction of the wall thickness eccentricity, core eccentricity, and core ellipticity is 1.5% or less, the PMD is 0.15 ps / km 1/2 or less. We were able to.
- the thickness of the glass layer 23 deposited in step S1 is 1 mm or more, and the total thickness of the starting pipe 20 and the glass layer 23 (the wall thickness of the pipe having the core glass layer) is 8 mm or less. It is desirable that If the thickness of the glass layer to be formed is less than 1 mm, it is difficult to obtain an optical fiber preform capable of drawing an optical fiber longer than 400 km. Also, when it exceeds total 8 ram of the thickness of the starting pipe 20 and the glass layer 23, c therefore the temperature of the deposition surface during the glass layer sedimentary is greatly differs between at start of deposition and during the deposition ended, The concentration of the additive may deviate from a desired value or it may be difficult to make the thickness of the glass layer uniform.
- FIG. 19 is a graph illustrating the relationship between the thickness of the glass pipe, the traverse speed of the wrench, and the state of the glass layer inside.
- the diameter of the pipe used was 42 mm and the deposition rate of the glass layer was 1.5 g / min.
- the traverse speed is too slow, the deposition amount of glass particles per layer becomes too large and the glass particles cannot be made transparent, so the traverse speed must be 100 mm / min or more regardless of the thickness of the glass pipe. is there.
- a fine glass with a surface roughness of 10 nm can be obtained by traversing the parner at a speed of 100 mm / min to 220 mm / min. A layer is obtained. If the thickness of the glass pipe exceeds 8 mm, a good glass film cannot be obtained at any traverse speed. For example, if the thickness of the glass pipe is 10 mm, the surface roughness of the layer is at most 100 nm.
- the sum of the thickness of the starting pipe 20 and the thickness of the glass layer 23 is important for producing an optical fiber having a small transmission loss.
- FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a piercing method which is an example of a method of manufacturing a starting pipe.
- a cylindrical silica glass rod 30 is inserted into a heating means 31 such as a heater arranged so as to cover the silica glass rod, and one of the silica glass rods 30 is inserted.
- the end (left end in Fig. 5) is heated and softened.
- the glass rod is passed through the die 34 and is sent to the left side in FIG. 5 by a movable means (not shown).
- the head 33 of the piercing jig 32 is brought into contact with the center of the end face of the heated and softened end of the silica glass rod 30.
- the silica glass rod 30 is fed, the head 33 is sunk into the silica glass rod 30, and the head 33 of the hole jig 32 is penetrated in the axial direction of the silica glass rod 30 so that the silica glass rod is formed. Get Eve.
- FIG. 16 is a graph showing the absorption spectrum of an optical fiber containing 10 ppb iron in the light transmission region.
- a carbon rod of high purity for example, 99% by weight or more, as a piercing jig 32 to reduce the concentration of impurities other than additives on the inner wall of the pipe. .
- metal impurities such as iron, chromium, and nickel from being mixed when the silica glass pipe is opened, thereby preventing an increase in optical fiber loss.
- the concentration of impurities other than additives on the pipe inner wall be 1 ppm by weight or less. More desirably, the impurity concentration should be less than 10 weight ppb.
- the inner wall of the pipe means an area from the inner peripheral surface of the pipe to a depth of 1 mm.
- a silica glass rod may be ground using a drill with a blade or the like to form an opening.
- the piercing method has an opening speed of several tens of mm / min and can perform machining at a higher speed than grinding, and can also avoid loss of glass material due to grinding.
- the inner surface of the thus obtained glass pipe be subjected to gas phase etching before the inside is attached. By doing so, it is possible to remove foreign substances and OH layer adhered to the inner surface of the pipe.
- the deposition rate of the glass layer 23 is desirably 0.4 g / min or more. More preferably, it is 1.0 g / min or more. Thereby, an optical fiber preform and an optical fiber can be manufactured at low cost.
- any of an oxyhydrogen burner, a resistance furnace, a plasma torch, or an induction furnace can be used.
- an induction furnace, a resistance furnace, or a plasma torch is used.
- anhydrous heating sources it is possible to manufacture optical fibers with small loss due to absorption of OH groups in the 1.4 urn wavelength band.
- a resistance furnace or induction furnace heat the furnace by filling it with dry gas.
- a plasma torch use oxygen, nitrogen, argon, or a mixture of these gases, whose dew point has been lowered through a commercially available adsorption filter, as the working gas.
- the heating source itself will Since the outer circumference of the starting pipe is heated as it is generated, the thinner the starting pipe is,
- anhydrous heating source When using a starting pipe to which fluorine has been added, it is desirable to use an anhydrous heating source.
- an anhydrous heating source when using either a starting pipe doped with fluorine or a starting pipe containing no fluorine (both an outer diameter of 25 mm and an inner diameter of 17 mm), when an anhydrous heating source is used, the wavelength of an optical fiber The loss due to the absorption of the OH group at 1.38 ⁇ was 0.11 dB / km.
- Step S2 is a first heating step of heating and solidifying one end of the pipe having the glass layer serving as the core, and heating the pipe having the glass layer serving as the core from one end to the other end. And a second heating step for solidification.
- FIG. 6 is a conceptual diagram illustrating the first heating step
- FIG. 7 is a conceptual diagram illustrating the second heating step.
- a heat source here, a burner 22 that generates an oxyhydrogen flame
- a heat source is used near the end of an effective portion used as a glass rod in a glass pipe 24.
- the parner 22 and the glass pipe are moved relative to each other from the first solidified portion toward the other end, so that the glass pipes are sequentially solidified. Thereby, the glass rod 10 is created.
- the surface temperature T1 of one end in the first heating step be higher than the surface temperature T2 of the heated portion of the pipe having the glass layer serving as the core in the second heating step.
- Tl 1250 ° C
- T2 1150 ° C.
- the absolute pressure inside the pipe during solidification is 10 kPa or less, and the surface temperature of the pipe during solidification is 1000 ° C or more and 1600 ° C or less. ,.
- the pressure inside the pipe from the atmosphere it is possible to reduce the abundance of water inside the pipe, reduce the loss due to absorption of the ⁇ group in the wavelength of 1.4 ⁇ band, and increase the solidification rate. Can be.
- any of an induction furnace, a resistance furnace, an oxyhydrogen flame, or a plasma torch can be used.
- an anhydrous heating source of any of an induction furnace, a resistance furnace, and a plasma torch is preferable.
- a fluorine-added silica glass pipe is used as a starting pipe, it is desirable to use an anhydrous heating source.
- the concentration of OH groups present at a depth of 1 mm from the surface of the glass rod can be reduced to 10 ppm by weight or less by using an anhydrous heating source as the heat source for internal mounting and solidification. It can be. Furthermore, the concentration of OH groups can be reduced to 1 ppm by weight or less.
- the amount of removal can be reduced. Therefore, a good optical fiber preform and an optical fiber can be manufactured at low cost.
- FIG. 20 is a graph showing the result of calculating the relationship between the concentration of OH groups on the surface of the glass rod and the loss due to absorption of ⁇ groups in the 1.4 ⁇ band.
- the exudation of optical power to the glass rod surface is 2%. ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ If the concentration of the group is 10 ppm by weight or less, the loss due to absorption of the OH group in the 1.4 ym band is less than 0.05 dB / km. This value corresponds to the value required for a low OH fiber.
- Fig. 8 is a graph showing the relationship between the type of heat source used for solidification and the core ellipticity. Since the induction furnace can heat the pipe evenly from the entire circumference, the glass can be softened evenly over the entire circumference and the core ellipticity can be reduced compared to an oxyhydrogen burner that heats from only one side. it can.
- FIG. 9 is a graph showing the relationship between the flow rate of a mixed gas composed of sulfur hexafluoride (SF 6 ) and chlorine (Cl 2 ), the dew point of the mixed gas of SF 6 and Cl 2 , and the OH group concentration.
- curve 27A shows the relationship between the dew point and the flow rate of the mixed gas
- curve 27B shows the relationship between the OH group concentration and the flow rate of the mixed gas.
- the water used in the gas itself be less than 10 ppb.
- the core ellipticity of the optical fiber preform is high, the PMD after drawing becomes large and the quality of the transmission signal deteriorates. Also, if many bubbles are contained on the central axis of the glass rod, the bubbles expand in the heating step after the drawing step or the like, and block the central core to increase the transmission loss of the signal light or guide the signal. Disappears. In addition, the mechanical strength of the optical fiber is reduced at locations where many bubbles are present.
- Step S3 in FIG. 3 For the glass rod obtained by solidification, measurement of the number of bubbles and measurement of the core ellipticity are performed as a structural inspection (Step S3 in FIG. 3).
- the number of bubbles on the central axis of the glass rod is more than one per 10 mm, and the core ellipticity is 0.4 /.
- the drawing process step S4
- the core ellipticity of the portion deposited by the internal method that is greater than 1.5% is not used because it is judged that inconvenience will occur in the subsequent process.
- FIG. 10 with respect to c glass rod 10 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a method of measuring the number of bubbles in the glass rod was irradiated with light using a light source L such as a halogen lamp from one direction, the At this time, visually check the number of bubbles B existing on the central axis X of the glass rod 10. Therefore, it measures. Then, when there is one or more bubbles B per 10 mm on the central axis of the glass rod 10, the region D where the bubbles B exist is discarded.
- a light source L such as a halogen lamp
- FIG. 11 is a graph showing a relationship between a core ellipticity of a glass rod and a core ellipticity of an optical fiber preform.
- a glass rod having a core ellipticity of more than 0.4% has a core ellipticity of the optical fiber preform of 1.5 due to a high-temperature treatment step such as formation of a jacket portion. /. Easy to exceed.
- the core ellipticity of the optical fiber preform is also reduced to 1.5% or less.
- FIG. 12 is a graph showing the relationship between the core ellipticity of the optical fiber preform and the PMD of the optical fiber.
- an optical fiber preform with a core ellipticity of more than 1.5% tends to be an optical fiber with a PMD force S of more than 0.15 ps / km1 / 2 .
- an optical fiber with a PMD of 0.15 ps / km 1/2 or less is required for high-speed optical communication exceeding 40 Gb / s.
- it can be applied to high-speed optical communication and can efficiently produce optical fibers with good PMD.
- the outer periphery of the glass rod should be flame-polished (Fig. 3, step S6).
- flame polishing the surface layer of the glass rod can be vaporized to remove scratches and strains on the surface and foreign substances adhered to the surface, thereby obtaining a high quality glass rod.
- a jacket portion serving as an outer cladding is formed on the outer periphery of the glass rod (FIG. 3, step S7).
- the jacket is appropriately designed so that light hardly seeps out to the outer periphery of the glass rod.
- the jacket may be manufactured by the VAD method, the OVD method, or the external method using a plurality of pliers, which can reduce the cost.
- Step SE in Fig. 3 an optical fiber preform that has the desired refractive index profile and can produce an optical fiber with a small loss due to the absorption of OH groups is obtained. be able to.
- the tension applied to the optical fiber should be 30 g or more and 300 g or less. As a result, it is possible to suppress characteristic fluctuations after drawing the optical fiber.
- the glass diameter after drawing is desirably 90 ⁇ or more and 250 pm or less. More preferably, it is 90 ⁇ or more and 150 ym or less. By increasing the diameter of the optical fiber, an optical fiber that is not easily affected by microbends can be obtained.
- the loss of the optical fiber due to the absorption of OH groups at a wavelength of 1.38 pm is desirably 0.2 dB / km or less, and more desirably 0.1 dB / km or less. Further, it is more desirable that the difference is 0.05 dB / km or less or 0.01 dB / km or less. As described above, by using the anhydrous process at the time of internal assembly or solidification, an optical fiber with a small OH absorption loss can be manufactured.
- a glass rod can be inserted into the jacket pipe and drawn simultaneously with integration.
- a pipe made by depositing and clarifying glass fine powder by the OVD method and making a hole by the piercing method is used as a jacket pipe.
- FIG. 13 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a method of inserting a glass rod into a jacket pipe and drawing while integrating the glass rod.
- the glass rod 10 and the jacket pipe 40 are both heated by a heating means 41 such as a heater while the glass rod 10 is passed through the cylindrical jacket pipe 40.
- the lower end of the heater (the lower part in Fig. 13) is set to be hotter than the upper end.
- the lower ends of the glass rod 10 and the jacket pipe 40 are heated and integrated while being melted, and the fiber is drawn by applying tension downward to obtain an optical fiber F.
- the glass rod 10 and the jacket pipe 40 are fed in the direction of the arrow in FIG.
- a susceptor for heating by generating a force-induced conductive current as described with reference to a heater for heating by applying a current to a resistor, or plasma may be used.
- a plurality of heaters may be arranged in the axial direction of the glass rod 10 (vertical direction in FIG. 13). In this way, by performing the process of inserting the glass rod into the jacket pipe and drawing, even if the structure exudes light to the outer cladding, no water is added to the interface, so that an optical fiber with low OH absorption can be used. It can be easily manufactured.
- Example 1 is an optical fiber preform and a method of manufacturing an optical fiber having the refractive profile shown in FIG.
- the relative refractive index differences A c, ⁇ d 1 ⁇ ⁇ , and A d2 of the optical fiber preform manufactured in Example 1 are L 0.50%, ⁇ 0.30%, 0.27%, and ⁇ 0.15%, respectively.
- the ratio Ra of the diameter 2c of the center core 14 to the outer diameter 2 dl of the first depressed part 13 is 0.66
- the ratio of the outer diameter 2 dl of the first depressed part 13 to the outer diameter 2r of the ring part 12 is Ra.
- the ratio Rb is 0.57, and the ratio Rc of the outer diameter 2r of the ring portion 12 to the outer diameter 2d2 of the second depressed portion 11 is 0.50.
- the ratio of light propagating in a portion outside the second depressed portion 11 is 2%.
- This starting pipe is a silica glass pipe having an outer diameter of 32 mm, an inner diameter of 26 mm, a length of 1900 mm, and to which fluorine having a relative refractive index difference of 0.15% with respect to pure silica glass is added.
- the O H group contained in the starting pipe was less than 0.01 ppm by weight.
- this pipe was designed so that the average value of the wall thickness unevenness over the entire length was 0.3% or less, and the average value of the pipe eccentricity, outer diameter ellipticity and inner diameter ellipticity over the entire length was 1% or less. .
- gas phase etching was performed by flowing a mixed gas of SF 6 and Cl 2 inside the starting pipe and heating. Then, a glass layer to be a ring portion 12 containing germanium, a first depressed portion 13 containing fluorine, and a central core 14 containing germanium is deposited by the MCVD method so as to have the above-mentioned refractive index profile.
- the deposition rate at that time was 2 g / min.
- the moving speed of the wrench is increased to, for example, 150 mm / min, and at this moving speed, glass particles are deposited thickly and the deposited glass particles are made transparent. It is necessary to.
- a high temperature for example, 2200 ° C
- the amount of heat generated can be increased by increasing the input power, and the heating area can be widened by devising the furnace body design. The above problem can be solved.
- the outer circumference of the pipe can be heated from all directions.
- the flow rate of gas to be ejected can be reduced to 1/10 to 1/100 of that in the case of an oxyhydrogen panner. For this reason, these heat sources can suppress the deformation of the pipe, which is more advantageous when performing glass volume at high speed.
- this glass pipe was solidified to obtain a glass rod 10.
- the diameter of the glass rod was 12.5 mm, the ellipticity was 0.2%, and the length was 1800 mm.
- the number of bubbles in the glass rod 10 was measured by the method described in Fig. 10, there was a portion where the number of bubbles on the central axis was 3 per 10 mm in length, and this portion was discarded.
- the core ellipticity and the core eccentricity of the glass rod 10 were as good as 0.1%.
- the outer peripheral surface of the glass rod 10 was flame-polished.
- the outer cladding 15 was formed.
- the outer cladding 15 was formed by depositing glass particles made of silica containing no dopant by a VAD method at a deposition rate of 100 g / min and making the particles transparent.
- the outer cladding 15 was made to have a length of 1280 mm and an outer diameter 2.9 times the diameter of the glass rod 10. Furthermore, the core ellipticity after forming the outer cladding 15 was 0.1%, and the ellipticity of the outer diameter of the outer cladding 15 was 0.2%.
- the optical fiber preform thus obtained was drawn to produce an optical fiber.
- the drawing speed was 1200 m / min and the drawing tension was 50 g.
- the optical fiber immediately after drawing was drawn while being twisted.
- the length of the optical fiber obtained from one optical fiber preform was 685 km.
- the PMD was 0.11 ps / km 1/2 and the B value was less than 0.01 dB / km. According to this example, a large-sized optical fiber preform was synthesized at a high speed, and a low-cost optical fiber preform could be produced.
- a glass rod and a jacket are used in the manufacturing method of the first embodiment without forming a jacket around the glass rod to manufacture an optical fiber preform.
- Rod-in drawing was performed by combining Eve.
- the jacket pipe was described in the embodiment and had an outer diameter of 130 mm and an inner diameter of 31 mm.
- the drawing conditions were the same as in Example 1.
- the fiber designed to exude light at the interface of the jacket is caused by the absorption of OH groups. Loss can be kept low.
- by producing the jacket pipe by high-speed synthesis it is possible to obtain an optical fiber with good characteristics at low cost. As a result, the absorption loss of the ⁇ group at a wavelength of 1.38 ⁇ was 0.05 dB / km, and an optical fiber having excellent characteristics was obtained.
- Example 3 is a method for manufacturing an optical fiber preform and an optical fiber having a refractive profile shown in FIG.
- FIG. 17 shows the refractive index profile of an optical fiber preform for a quintuple clad optical fiber.
- the center core 51, the first depressed portion 52, the first ring portion 53, the second depressed portion 54, the second ring portion 55, and the outer cladding 56 each have a refractive index of Nc, Expressed as Ndl, Nrl, Nd2, Nr2, No.
- the relative refractive index differences of the respective refractive indexes Nc, Ndl, Nrl, Nd2, and Nr2 based on the refractive index No of the outer cladding are represented by Ac, Adl, ⁇ 1, Ad2, and ⁇ 2, respectively.
- Each relative refractive index difference Ac, ⁇ , ⁇ , Ad2, ⁇ 2 is 0.5%, -0.3%, 0.27%, 0.15%, 0.17%, respectively, Nc> Nrl> Nr2> No> Nd2> Ndl The relationship holds.
- the ratio of the outer diameter dl of the first depressed part 52 to the diameter 51c of the center core 51 is 0.6, and the ratio of the outer diameter 52d of the first depressed part 52 to the outer diameter 53r of the first ring part 53 is 0.63, and the J of the first ring ⁇ [5 53 outer diameter 53r of the second depressed part 54 with respect to the outer diameter 54d of the second depressed part 54 is 0.61.
- the ratio of the outer diameter 54d is 0.7.
- the second depressed portion 54, the first ring portion 53, and the first depressed portion 52 are used as starting pipes at the portion to be the second ring portion 55. Then, a glass layer to be the central core 51 is internally provided in order. Then, the glass pipe is solidified by the collapse method. Otherwise, the optical fiber preform and the optical fiber can be manufactured by the method described in the embodiment.
- Example 4
- Example 4 is a method for manufacturing an optical fiber preform and an optical fiber having the refractive profile shown in FIG.
- FIG. 18 shows the refractive index profile of an optical fiber preform for a six-clad optical fiber.
- the refractive indices are represented by Nc, Ndl, Nrl, Nd2, Nr2, Nd3 and No.
- each refractive index difference based on the refractive index No of the outer cladding of each refractive index Nc, Ndl, Nrl, Nd2, Nr2, Nd3 are represented by ⁇ c, ⁇ , ⁇ 1, Ad2, ⁇ 2, ⁇ 3, respectively.
- Each relative refractive index difference Ac, Adl, ⁇ 1 Ad2, ⁇ 2, ⁇ 3 are 0.5%, -0.3%, 0.27%, -0.15%, 0.17%, -0.15%, respectively, Nc> Nrl ⁇ Nr2> No> The relationship of Nd3> Nd2> Ndl holds.
- the ratio of the diameter 61c of the center core 61 to the outer diameter 62d of the first depressed portion 62 is 0.6, and the ratio of the outer diameter 62d of the first depressed portion 62 to the outer diameter 63r of the first ring portion 63 is 0.63.
- the ratio of the outer diameter 63r of the first ring ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ [5 63 to the outer diameter 64d of the second depressed portion 64 is 0.61, and the outer diameter of the second depressed portion 64 to the outer diameter 65r of the second ring portion 65 is 0.61.
- the ratio of the diameter 64d is 0.7, and the ratio of the outer diameter 65r of the second ring portion 65 to the outer diameter 66d of the third depressed portion 66 is 0.77.
- the part to be the third depressed part 67 is used as a starting pipe, and the second ring part 65, the second depressed part 64, and the first ring are used.
- the part 63, the first depressed part 62, and the glass layer to be the center core 61 are sequentially provided.
- the glass pipe is solidified by the collapse method.
- the optical fiber preform and the optical fiber can be manufactured by the method described in the embodiment.
- an optical fiber having a clad made of a multi-layered force can be manufactured by the above-described method, without being limited to the quintuple-clad optical fiber and the hexa-clad optical fiber.
- the refractive index of each depressed portion is smaller than the refractive index of the outer cladding layer, and the refractive index of each ring portion is smaller than the refractive index of the outer cladding layer. Let's say it's big.
- the refractive index of the central core Nc, , The refractive index Nd of the portion, the refractive index Nr of the ring portion, and the refractive index No of the outer cladding layer satisfy the relationship of Nc>Nr>No> Nd.
- the method of synthesizing the jacket layer is obtained by dewatering and clearing the deposited glass fine particles using an external method using a VAD / multiple-paner. You can also.
- a method for producing an optical fiber preform comprising the steps of depositing a plurality of glass layers having different refractive indexes inside a starting pipe and then solidifying the obtained glass pipe into a glass rod.
- a desired refractive index profile can be obtained, and an increase in loss due to absorption of OH groups can be suppressed.
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