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Single mode optical transmission fiber, and method of making the fiber

US5596668A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 30, 1995
Grant dateJan 21, 1997
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Expiry dateJun 30, 2015

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02P40/57
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

We have discovered that hydrogen-related loss in silica-based single mode transmission optical fiber can be reduced or eliminated by use of a substrate tube that contains hydrogen getter sites. Exemplarily, substrate tubes according to the invention are doped with Ge or P.

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