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Optical fiber manufacture

US4242118A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 27, 1979
Grant dateDec 30, 1980
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Expiry dateApr 27, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC03B2207/66
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for making an optical fiber solid rod preform wherein a vapor reaction deposit process is used to form a localized deposit on an end face of a rod or disc by relative movement in which the position of the localized deposit is scanned over the end face of the solid rod or disc and at the same time the reaction is progressively changed to cause the deposit building up on the end face to have a radially graded refractive index profile.

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