Method of making a glass preform for low water peak optical fiber

US6904772B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• CORNING INCORPORATED · US

Inventors

• George E. Berkey · Pine City, US
• Dana Craig Bookbinder · Corning, US
• Richard Michael Fiacco · Corning, US
• Dale Robert Powers · Riverside, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 14, 2001
• Grant date: Jun 14, 2005
• Expiry date: Dec 14, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C03C2203/54
• WIPO field: Materials, metallurgy
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Optical waveguide fiber having low water peak as well as optical waveguide fiber preforms and methods of making optical waveguide fiber preforms from which low water peak and/or low hydrogen aged attenuation optical waveguide fibers are formed, including optical waveguide fiber and preforms made via OVD. The fibers may be hydrogen resistant, i.e. exhibit low hydrogen aged attenuation. A low water peak, hydrogen resistant optical waveguide fiber is disclosed which exhibits an optical attenuation at a wavelength of about 1383 nm which is less than or equal to an optical attenuation exhibited at a wavelength of about 1310 nm.