Method for manufacturing optical fiber preform and burner apparatus for this method for manufacturing optical fiber preform
US7073354B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 29, 2003 |
| Grant date | Jul 11, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 11, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC03B2207/70
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The present invention provides an optical fiber preform manufacturing method and a burner apparatus employed for this method. In this manufacturing method, when glass particles are synthesized in an oxy-hydrogen flame emitted from a burner to form a porous optical fiber preform by depositing glass particles in the radial direction of a starting member, the relationship between the flow rate vm (m/sec) of a source material gas or a mixed gas of the source material gas and an additive gas discharged from the burner, and the flow rate vs (m/sec) of an inert gas is such that −0.06 vm+1.4≦vs≦−0.02 vm+1.8, and vs≧0.40, while the relationship between the flow volume Vm (1/min) of the source material gas discharged from the burner and the flow volume Vs (1/min) of the inert gas is such that Vs/Vm≦0.2.
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