Drawing optical waveguides by heating with laser radiation
US4215263A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 8, 1978 |
| Grant date | Jul 29, 1980 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 8, 1998 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC03B2205/67
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
In drawing an optical waveguide, the blank is heated by a beam of laser radiation which has substantially zero power from the axis of the blank to a prescribed radial position and substantially uniform power from that position to a greater radial position. A rotating spinner splits radiation from the laser into two rotating beams, the paths of which are made to be non-intersecting with the axis of the blank being drawn. A conical reflector forms the radiation into a circumferential beam through which the blank passes.
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