Abstract:
Disclosed is a dispersion compensated multimode waveguide fiber link. The dispersion of essentially any wavelength can be compensated by adding a compensating waveguide fiber to the link, the compensating waveguide having a profile shape and a lambdp wavelength which counters dispersion caused by the original waveguide fiber of the link. Analytical expressions relating the compensator waveguide profile and lambdp to the original link and compensated profile and lambdp are provided for the embodiment which includes a profiles.
Abstract:
A method for making silicon oxynitride comprising providing a vaporous gas stream of a compound selected from the group consisting of silazanes and siloxazanes. An enclosed, heated reaction site is also provided. The vaporous gas stream is delivered to the enclosed, heated reaction site in which the levels of oxygen are strictly controlled to promote the formation of silicon oxynitride particles.
Abstract:
A method for making an optical attenuating device comprising an optical waveguide having a core doped with a transition metal and a cladding. The transition metal is deposited in the core during a core blankmaking process. The transition metal doped core is exposed to gaseous hydrogen in a furnace to significantly increase the attenuation of the device.
Abstract:
Optical waveguide core compositions comprising a core containing two dopants in a silica based glass, wherein one of the dopants is titania. The core composition serves to suppress the presence of Ti-3 and to preserve refractive index profile shape throughout the preform manufacturing process.
Abstract:
This invention relates to production of high purity fused silica glass doped with titania through oxidation or flame hydrolysis of a gaseous mixture and containing rutile crystals comprising a vaporizable, siliconcontaining compound and a vaporizable titanium compound. Titanium isopropoxide, titanium ethoxide, titanium-2-ethylhexyloxide, titanium cyclopentyloxide, and a titanium amide, or a combination thereof, constitute the operable titanium-containing compounds.
Abstract:
An achromatic fiber optic coupler of the type wherein first and second single-mode optical fibers, each having a core and a cladding, are fused together along a portion of the lengths thereof to form a coupling region. A matrix glass of lower index than the fiber claddings surrounds the coupling region. The fiber diameters are smaller in the coupling region than in the the remainder of the fibers. The refractive index n2 of the cladding of the first fiber is different from the refractive index n? of the cladding of the second fiber, the difference between the refractive indices n2 and n? being such that the coupler exhibits very little change in coupling ratio with wavelength over a band of wavelengths.
Abstract:
The present invention provides methods for fabricating preforms for microstructured optical fibers. According to one embodiment of the invention, a method for making an optical fiber preform includes the steps of providing at least one sacrificial rod having an outside surface; forming a material on the outside surface of each sacrificial rod to yield a structured body, the structured body including a structured material in substantial contact with the at least one sacrificial rod; removing each sacrificial rod from the structured body; and including the structured body in the optical fiber preform. The preform may be drawn into an optical fiber. The methods of the present invention are especially useful in the fabrication of microstructured optical fibers.
Abstract:
The present invention provides methods for fabricating preforms for microstructured optical fibers. According to one embodiment of the invention, a method for making an optical fiber preform includes the steps of providing at least one sacrificial rod having an outside surface; forming a material on the outside surface of each sacrificial rod to yield a structured body, the structured body including a structured material in substantial contact with the at least one sacrificial rod; removing each sacrificial rod from the structured body; and including the structured body in the optical fiber preform. The preform may be drawn into an optical fiber. The methods of the present invention are especially useful in the fabrication of microstructured optical fibers.
Abstract:
Optical waveguide core compositions comprising a core containing two dopants in a silica based glass, wherein one of the dopants is titania. The core composition serves to suppress the presence of Ti+3 and to preserve refractive index profile (10, 12, 14) shape throughout the preform manufacturing process.