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Method for producing glass preform for single mode optical fiber

US4675040A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 12, 1985
Grant dateJun 23, 1987
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Expiry dateApr 12, 2005

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S65/16
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for producing a glass preform for a single mode optical fiber comprising a core and a cladding, which method comprises depositing fine glass particle of a glass raw material on a periphery of a cylindrical seed member having a smooth and clean outer surface by flame hydrolysis to form a soot of the fine glass material, pulling out the seed member from the soot, inserting a core glass rod in a hollow portion of the soot and dehydrating and sintering a complex of a core rod and a cladding to produce a glass preform from which a single mode optical fiber having low attenuation of light transmission, particularly due to absorption by hydroxyl groups can be drawn.

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