Method for producing a coated optical fiber with reduced polarization mode dispersion
US6327876A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 10, 2000 |
| Grant date | Dec 11, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 10, 2020 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S118/19
- WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
An apparatus and method for forming a optical fiber (102) which includes a furnace (104) for softening an optical fiber blank (106); a tractor (114) for drawing the optical fiber (102) from the softened optical fiber blank (106); and a first applicator (110) for applying a coating of a first coating material to the optical fiber (102), the first applicator having a rotatable die.
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