公开(公告)号：US09798079B2

公开(公告)日：2017-10-24

申请号：US15264750

申请日：2016-09-14

Applicant: Corning Incorporated

Inventor： Dana Craig Bookbinder ,  Ming-Jun Li ,  Pushkar Tandon

IPC: G02B6/02 ,  G02B6/036 ,  G02B6/028

CPC classification number: G02B6/03627 ,  G02B6/02004 ,  G02B6/02009 ,  G02B6/02014 ,  G02B6/02395 ,  G02B6/0281 ,  G02B6/03644

Abstract: An optical fiber having both low macrobend loss and low microbend loss. The fiber has a central core region, a first (inner) cladding region surrounding the central core region and having an outer radius r2>16 microns and relative refractive index Δ2, and a second (outer) cladding region surrounding the first cladding region having relative refractive index, Δ3, wherein Δ1>Δ3>Δ2. The difference between Δ3 and Δ2 is greater than 0.12 percent. The fiber exhibits a 22 m cable cutoff less than or equal to 1260 nm, and r1/r2 is greater or equal to 0.24 and bend loss at 1550 nm for a 15 mm diameter mandrel of less than 0.5 dB/turn.

公开(公告)号：US20170285260A1

公开(公告)日：2017-10-05

申请号：US15463142

申请日：2017-03-20

Applicant: Corning Incorporated

Inventor： Dana Craig Bookbinder ,  Ming-Jun Li ,  Snigdharaj Kumar Mishra ,  Pushkar Tandon

IPC: G02B6/036 ,  G02B6/02

CPC classification number: G02B6/03672 ,  G02B6/02009 ,  G02B6/02014 ,  G02B6/02395 ,  G02B6/0365

Abstract: Disclosed herein are optical waveguide fibers comprising: (I) a core comprising an outer radius r1, a maximum refractive index delta percent Δ1 max and core alpha, α, of larger than 5; and (II) a cladding surrounding the core, the cladding comprising: (i) an inner cladding region having outer radius r2 and refractive index delta percent Δ2, wherein Δ1max>Δ2; (ii) a trench region surrounding the inner cladding region, the trench region having an outer radius, r3 where r3≧10 microns and refractive index delta percent Δ3; and (iii) an outer cladding region having chlorine concentration of ≧1.2 wt. % surrounding the trench region and comprising refractive index delta percent Δ4, wherein Δ1max>Δ4 and Δ2>Δ3, and Δ4>Δ3 and wherein the difference between Δ4 and Δ3 is ≧0.12 percent.

公开(公告)号：US20170197878A1

公开(公告)日：2017-07-13

申请号：US15471344

申请日：2017-03-28

Applicant: Corning Incorporated

Inventor： Dana Craig Bookbinder ,  Robert Brett Desorcie ,  Hazel Benton Matthews, III ,  Pushkar Tandon

IPC: C03C25/66 ,  G02B6/036 ,  C03C25/10

CPC classification number: C03C25/66 ,  C03B37/01205 ,  C03B37/01446 ,  C03B37/0146 ,  C03B37/027 ,  C03B2201/10 ,  C03B2201/12 ,  C03B2201/20 ,  C03B2201/22 ,  C03B2201/31 ,  C03B2201/32 ,  C03B2201/34 ,  C03B2201/42 ,  C03B2203/23 ,  C03B2203/24 ,  C03C3/06 ,  C03C13/045 ,  C03C25/1061 ,  C03C25/1068 ,  C03C2201/11 ,  C03C2201/22 ,  C03C2201/31 ,  C03C2203/54 ,  G02B6/02 ,  G02B6/021 ,  G02B6/03627 ,  G02B6/0365 ,  Y02P40/57

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a method of making an optical fiber with improved bend performance, the optical fiber having a core and at least one cladding layer, and a chlorine content in the in the last layer of the at least one cladding layer that is greater than 500 ppm by weight. The fiber is prepared using a mixture of a carrier gas, a gaseous chlorine source material and a gaseous reducing agent during the sintering of the last or outermost layer of the at least one cladding layer. The inclusion of the reducing gas into a mixture of the carrier gas and gaseous chlorine material reduces oxygen-rich defects that results in at least a 20% reduction in TTP during hydrogen aging testing.

公开(公告)号：US09676658B2

公开(公告)日：2017-06-13

申请号：US14997780

申请日：2016-02-15

Applicant: Corning Incorporated

Inventor： Brian Lee Harper ,  Rostislav Radiyevich Khrapko ,  Snigdharaj Kumar Mishra ,  Sonya Marie Raney ,  Pushkar Tandon

IPC: C03C13/04 ,  C03B37/014

CPC classification number: C03B37/01446 ,  C03B37/014 ,  C03B37/01453 ,  C03B2201/08 ,  C03B2201/12 ,  C03B2201/20 ,  C03B2201/31 ,  C03B2203/22 ,  C03B2203/23 ,  C03B2203/26 ,  C03C13/045 ,  C03C2201/11 ,  C03C2201/20

Abstract: One embodiment of the disclosure relates to a method of making an optical fiber comprising the steps of: (i) exposing a silica based preform with at least one porous glass region having soot density of ρ to a gas mixture comprising SiCl4 having SiCl4 mole fraction ySiCl4 at a doping temperature Tdop such that parameter X is larger than 0.03 to form the chlorine treated preform, wherein X = 1 1 + [ ( ρ ρ s - ρ ) ⁢ 0.209748 ⁢ ⁢ T dop ⁢ Exp ⁡ [ - 5435.33 / T dop ] y SiCl ⁢ ⁢ 4 3 / 4 ] and ρs is the density of the fully densified soot layer; and (ii) exposing the chlorine treated preform to temperatures above 1400° C. to completely sinter the preform to produce sintered optical fiber preform with a chlorine doped region; and (iii) drawing an optical fiber from the sintered optical preform.

公开(公告)号：US09658394B2

公开(公告)日：2017-05-23

申请号：US14728132

申请日：2015-06-02

Applicant: Corning Incorporated

Inventor： Dana Craig Bookbinder ,  Ming-Jun Li ,  Hazel Benton Matthews, III ,  Pushkar Tandon

IPC: G02B6/00 ,  G02B6/036 ,  G02B6/02 ,  C03B37/027 ,  C03B37/02 ,  C03C3/06 ,  C03C13/04

CPC classification number: G02B6/03627 ,  C03B37/02 ,  C03B37/027 ,  C03B37/02718 ,  C03B37/02727 ,  C03B2201/12 ,  C03B2201/20 ,  C03B2201/31 ,  C03B2203/223 ,  C03B2203/23 ,  C03B2203/24 ,  C03B2205/55 ,  C03B2205/56 ,  C03C3/06 ,  C03C13/045 ,  C03C13/046 ,  C03C2201/12 ,  C03C2201/31 ,  C03C2213/00 ,  G02B6/02014

Abstract: A single mode optical fiber having a core made from silica and less than or equal to about 6.5 weight % germania and having a maximum relative refractive index Δ1MAX. The optical fiber also has an inner cladding surrounding the core and having a minimum relative refractive index Δ2MIN. A difference between a softening point of the core and a softening point of the inner cladding is less than or equal to about 20° C., and Δ1MAX>Δ2MIN. The single mode optical fiber may also have an outer cladding surrounding the inner cladding made from silica or SiON. The outer cladding has a maximum relative refractive index Δ3MAX, and Δ3MAX>Δ2MIN. A method for manufacturing an optical fiber includes providing a preform to a first furnace, the preform, drawing the optical fiber from the preform, and cooling the drawn optical fiber in a second furnace.

公开(公告)号：US20170073265A1

公开(公告)日：2017-03-16

申请号：US15248060

申请日：2016-08-26

Applicant: Corning Incorporated

Inventor： Dana Craig Bookbinder ,  Ming-Jun Li ,  Bruce Warren Reding ,  Pushkar Tandon

IPC: C03B37/029

CPC classification number: C03B37/029 ,  C03B37/02727 ,  C03B2201/02 ,  C03B2201/06 ,  C03B2205/55 ,  C03B2205/56

Abstract: An optical fiber with low fictive temperature along with a system and method for making the optical fiber are provided. The system includes a reheating stage that heats the fiber along the process pathway to a temperature sufficient to lower the fictive temperature of the fiber by relaxing the glass structure and/or driving the glass toward a more nearly equilibrium state. The fiber is drawn from a preform, conveyed along a process pathway, cooled and subsequently reheated to increase the time of exposure of the fiber to temperatures conducive to lowering the fictive temperature of the fiber. The process pathway may include multiple reheating stages as well as one or more fiber-turning devices.

Abstract translation: 提供具有低虚拟温度的光纤以及用于制造光纤的系统和方法。 该系统包括一个再加热阶段，该加热阶段通过将玻璃结构松弛和/或将玻璃推向更接近平衡的状态，将纤维沿着加工路径加热至足以降低纤维的假想温度的温度。 将纤维从预成型件中拉出，沿着工艺路径输送，冷却并随后再加热，以增加纤维暴露于有助于降低纤维的假想温度的温度。 工艺路径可以包括多个再加热阶段以及一个或多个纤维转向装置。

公开(公告)号：US20160216442A1

公开(公告)日：2016-07-28

申请号：US14706302

申请日：2015-05-07

Applicant: Corning Incorporated

Inventor： Dana Craig Bookbinder ,  Steven Bruce Dawes ,  Inna Igorevna Kouzmina ,  Ming-Jun Li ,  Manuela Ocampo ,  Pushkar Tandon

IPC: G02B6/02 ,  G02B6/028 ,  G02B6/036

CPC classification number: G02B6/02395 ,  C08F222/1006 ,  G02B6/02009 ,  G02B6/0281 ,  G02B6/0283 ,  G02B6/0286 ,  G02B6/0365

Abstract: Small-radius coated optical fibers having large mode field diameter and low bending losses. The coated fiber may have an outer radius of 110 μm or less, while providing a mode field diameter of 9.0 μm or greater and a bending loss when wrapped about a 15 mm mandrel of 0.5 dB/km or less at wavelength of 1550 nm. The coated fiber may have a mode field diameter of 9.2 μm or greater and may have a bending loss at 1550 nm of 0.25 dB/km or less when wrapped about a 20 mm mandrel or a bending loss at 1550 nm of 0.02 dB/km or less when wrapped about a 30 mm mandrel.

Abstract translation: 具有大模场直径和低弯曲损耗的小半径涂覆光纤。 涂覆的光纤可以具有110μm或更小的外半径，同时提供9.0μm或更大的模场直径和在1550nm波长下缠绕在0.5dB / km或更小的15mm心轴周围时的弯曲损耗。 涂覆的光纤可以具有9.2μm或更大的模场直径，并且当缠绕在20mm心轴上时在1550nm处的弯曲损耗为0.25dB / km或更小，或者在1550nm处的弯曲损耗为0.02dB / km或 当缠绕在30毫米心轴上时较少。

公开(公告)号：US20160075591A1

公开(公告)日：2016-03-17

申请号：US14852686

申请日：2015-09-14

Applicant: Corning Incorporated

Inventor： Dana Craig Bookbinder ,  Ming-Jun Li ,  Jeffery Scott Stone ,  Pushkar Tandon

IPC: C03B37/014 ,  C03B37/027 ,  G02B6/036 ,  C03B37/012

CPC classification number: C03B37/01453 ,  C03B37/01211 ,  C03B37/014 ,  C03B37/0142 ,  C03B37/01446 ,  C03B37/01466 ,  C03B37/027 ,  C03B2201/12 ,  C03B2201/20 ,  C03B2201/28 ,  C03B2201/31 ,  C03B2201/32 ,  C03B2201/40 ,  C03B2201/42 ,  C03B2203/22 ,  C03B2203/23 ,  C03B2203/24 ,  C03B2207/66 ,  C03B2207/70 ,  G02B6/02 ,  G02B6/0281 ,  G02B6/03627 ,  G02B6/03638 ,  G02B6/0365

Abstract: A method is provided that includes: forming a low-index trench region with a first density; forming an inner barrier layer comprising silica around the trench region at a second density greater than the first density; depositing silica-based soot around the first barrier layer to form an overclad region at a third density less than the second density; inserting a core cane into a trench-overclad structure; forming an outer barrier layer comprising silica in an outer portion of the overclad region at a fourth density greater than the third density; flowing a down dopant-containing gas through the trench-overclad structure to dope the trench region with the down dopant, and wherein the barrier layers mitigate diffusion of the down-dopant into the overclad region; and consolidating the trench-overclad and the core cane.

Abstract translation: 提供了一种方法，包括：形成具有第一密度的低折射率沟槽区域; 在大于所述第一密度的第二密度处形成围绕所述沟槽区域的二氧化硅的内部阻挡层; 在所述第一阻挡层周围沉积二氧化硅基烟灰以形成小于所述第二密度的第三密度的外包层区域; 将核心甘蔗插入沟槽外包层结构中; 在所述外包层区域的外部部分中以大于所述第三密度的第四密度形成包含二氧化硅的外阻挡层; 使含下掺杂剂的气体流过沟槽外包层结构以用下掺杂剂掺杂沟槽区域，并且其中阻挡层减轻向下掺杂剂向外包层区域的扩散; 巩固壕沟和核心甘蔗。

公开(公告)号：US20160011365A1

公开(公告)日：2016-01-14

申请号：US14755469

申请日：2015-06-30

Applicant: Corning Incorporated

Inventor： George Edward Berkey ,  Dana Craig Bookbinder ,  Ming-Jun Li ,  Pushkar Tandon

IPC: G02B6/02 ,  C03B37/012 ,  C03B37/018 ,  G02B6/036

CPC classification number: G02B6/02014 ,  C03B37/01205 ,  C03B37/01211 ,  C03B37/01262 ,  C03B37/01282 ,  C03B37/01413 ,  C03B37/01433 ,  C03B37/01446 ,  C03B37/01453 ,  C03B37/018 ,  C03B37/01815 ,  C03B37/0183 ,  C03B37/01838 ,  C03B37/01853 ,  C03B37/01869 ,  C03B2201/08 ,  C03B2201/12 ,  C03B2201/20 ,  C03B2201/24 ,  C03B2203/22 ,  C03B2203/23 ,  C03B2203/24 ,  C03B2205/42 ,  C03B2207/30 ,  C03C13/045 ,  C03C13/046 ,  C03C25/1061 ,  C03C2201/11 ,  C03C2201/12 ,  C03C2203/54 ,  C03C2213/00 ,  G02B6/02019 ,  G02B6/03627

Abstract: An optical fiber having a core comprising silica and greater than 1.5 wt % chlorine and less than 0.5 wt % F, said core having a refractive index Δ1MAX, and a inner cladding region having refractive index Δ2MIN surrounding the core, where Δ1MAX>Δ2MIN.

Abstract translation: 一种光纤，其具有包含二氧化硅和大于1.5重量％氯且小于0.5重量％F的芯，所述芯具有折射率＆Dgr; 1MAX，以及包围芯的折射率＆lt; Dgr; 2MIN的内包层区，其中＆Dgr ; 1MAX>＆Dgr; 2MIN。

公开(公告)号：US20150040614A1

公开(公告)日：2015-02-12

申请号：US14338556

申请日：2014-07-23

Applicant: Corning Incorporated

Inventor： Steven Akin Dunwoody ,  Robert Clark Moore ,  Pushkar Tandon

IPC: C03B37/027 ,  C03B37/025

Abstract: A method of making optical fibers that includes controlled cooling to produce fibers having a low concentration of non-bridging oxygen defects and low sensitivity to hydrogen. The method may include heating a fiber preform above its softening point, drawing a fiber from the heated preform and passing the fiber through two treatment stages. The fiber may enter the first treatment stage at a temperature between 1500° C. and 1700° C., may exit the first treatment stage at a temperature between 1200° C. and 1400° C., and may experience a cooling rate less than 5000° C./s in the first treatment stage. The fiber may enter the second treatment stage downstream from the first treatment stage at a temperature between 1200° C. and 1400° C., may exit the second treatment stage at a temperature between 1000° C. and 1150° C., and may experience a cooling rate between 5000° C./s and 12,000° C./s in the second treatment stage. The method may also include redirecting the fiber with a fluid bearing device or an air-turn device.

Abstract translation: 制造光纤的方法包括控制冷却以产生具有低浓度的非桥接氧缺陷和对氢的低敏感性的纤维。 该方法可以包括在其软化点之上加热纤维预制件，从加热的预成型件拉伸纤维并使纤维通过两个处理阶段。 纤维可以在1500℃和1700℃之间的温度下进入第一处理阶段，可以在1200℃和1400℃之间的温度下离开第一处理阶段，并且可能经历的冷却速率小于 在第一处理阶段为5000℃/秒。 纤维可以在1200℃和1400℃之间的温度下进入第一处理阶段下游的第二处理阶段，可以在1000℃和1150℃之间的温度下退出第二处理阶段，并且可以 在第二处理阶段经历5000°C /秒和12,000°C / s之间的冷却速度。 该方法还可以包括用流体轴承装置或空气转动装置重新定向纤维。