Microstructured optical fibers and methods
US7450806B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 18, 2006 |
| Grant date | Nov 11, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 18, 2026 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B6/02333
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Microstructured optical fiber and method of making. Glass soot is deposited and then consolidated under conditions which are effective to trap a portion of the consolidation gases in the glass to thereby produce a non-periodic array of voids which may then be used to form a void containing cladding region in an optical fiber. Preferred void producing consolidation gases include nitrogen, argon, CO2, oxygen, chlorine, CF4, CO, SO2 and mixtures thereof.
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