EP1044173A4 - Method of making large scale optical fiber preforms with improved properties - Google Patents

Method of making large scale optical fiber preforms with improved properties

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Publication number
EP1044173A4
EP1044173A4 EP98966067A EP98966067A EP1044173A4 EP 1044173 A4 EP1044173 A4 EP 1044173A4 EP 98966067 A EP98966067 A EP 98966067A EP 98966067 A EP98966067 A EP 98966067A EP 1044173 A4 EP1044173 A4 EP 1044173A4
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Prior art keywords
optical fiber
large scale
improved properties
fiber preforms
making large
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German (de)
French (fr)
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EP1044173A1 (en
Inventor
Fengqing Wu
Aurelia Huerta
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Spectran Corp
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Spectran Corp
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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
    • C03B37/012—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]
    • C03B37/01413—Reactant delivery systems
    • C03B37/0142—Reactant deposition burners
    • 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
    • C03B37/012—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]
    • C03B37/01446—Thermal after-treatment of preforms, e.g. dehydrating, consolidating, sintering
    • 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
    • C03B37/012—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]
    • C03B37/01466—Means for changing or stabilising the diameter or form of tubes or rods
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C03—GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
    • C03B—MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
    • C03B2201/00—Type of glass produced
    • C03B2201/02—Pure silica glass, e.g. pure fused quartz
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C03—GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
    • C03B—MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
    • C03B2201/00—Type of glass produced
    • C03B2201/06—Doped silica-based glasses
    • C03B2201/08—Doped silica-based glasses doped with boron or fluorine or other refractive index decreasing dopant
    • C03B2201/12—Doped silica-based glasses doped with boron or fluorine or other refractive index decreasing dopant doped with fluorine
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C03—GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
    • C03B—MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
    • C03B2201/00—Type of glass produced
    • C03B2201/06—Doped silica-based glasses
    • C03B2201/30—Doped silica-based glasses doped with metals, e.g. Ga, Sn, Sb, Pb or Bi
    • C03B2201/31—Doped silica-based glasses doped with metals, e.g. Ga, Sn, Sb, Pb or Bi doped with germanium
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C03—GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
    • C03B—MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
    • C03B2203/00—Fibre product details, e.g. structure, shape
    • C03B2203/10—Internal structure or shape details
    • C03B2203/22—Radial profile of refractive index, composition or softening point
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C03—GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
    • C03B—MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
    • C03B2207/00—Glass deposition burners
    • C03B2207/04—Multi-nested ports
    • C03B2207/06—Concentric circular ports
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C03—GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
    • C03B—MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
    • C03B2207/00—Glass deposition burners
    • C03B2207/04—Multi-nested ports
    • C03B2207/12—Nozzle or orifice plates
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C03—GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
    • C03B—MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
    • C03B2207/00—Glass deposition burners
    • C03B2207/50—Multiple burner arrangements
    • C03B2207/54—Multiple burner arrangements combined with means for heating the deposit, e.g. non-deposition burner
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C03—GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
    • C03B—MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
    • C03B2207/00—Glass deposition burners
    • C03B2207/60—Relationship between burner and deposit, e.g. position
    • C03B2207/64—Angle
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C03—GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
    • C03B—MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
    • C03B2207/00—Glass deposition burners
    • C03B2207/80—Feeding the burner or the burner-heated deposition site
    • C03B2207/85—Feeding the burner or the burner-heated deposition site with vapour generated from liquid glass precursors, e.g. directly by heating the liquid
    • C03B2207/87—Controlling the temperature
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02P—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS
    • Y02P40/00—Technologies relating to the processing of minerals
    • Y02P40/50—Glass production, e.g. reusing waste heat during processing or shaping
    • Y02P40/57—Improving the yield, e-g- reduction of reject rates
EP98966067A 1997-12-23 1998-12-23 Method of making large scale optical fiber preforms with improved properties Withdrawn EP1044173A4 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US99730897A 1997-12-23 1997-12-23
PCT/US1998/027418 WO1999032413A1 (en) 1997-12-23 1998-12-23 Method of making large scale optical fiber preforms with improved properties
US997308 2001-11-30

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EP1044173A1 EP1044173A1 (en) 2000-10-18
EP1044173A4 true EP1044173A4 (en) 2005-03-09

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JP2002303741A (en) 2001-04-06 2002-10-18 Shin Etsu Chem Co Ltd Glass preform for single mode optical fiber, single mode optical fiber and its evaluation method
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JPS62223036A (en) * 1986-03-20 1987-10-01 Nippon Telegr & Teleph Corp <Ntt> Production of preform for optical fiber and apparatus therefor
US5318611A (en) * 1992-03-13 1994-06-07 Ensign-Bickford Optical Technologies, Inc. Methods of making optical waveguides and waveguides made thereby
JPH08119657A (en) * 1994-10-27 1996-05-14 Yazaki Corp Production of preforated preform of single mode optical fiber

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US3823995A (en) * 1972-03-30 1974-07-16 Corning Glass Works Method of forming light focusing fiber waveguide
JPS6065742A (en) * 1983-09-16 1985-04-15 Furukawa Electric Co Ltd:The Production of porous glass base material for optical fiber by vad method
JPS62223036A (en) * 1986-03-20 1987-10-01 Nippon Telegr & Teleph Corp <Ntt> Production of preform for optical fiber and apparatus therefor
US5318611A (en) * 1992-03-13 1994-06-07 Ensign-Bickford Optical Technologies, Inc. Methods of making optical waveguides and waveguides made thereby
JPH08119657A (en) * 1994-10-27 1996-05-14 Yazaki Corp Production of preforated preform of single mode optical fiber

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