METHOD OF MAKING A TUBULAR MEMBER FOR OPTICAL FIBER PRODUCTION USING PLASMA OUTSIDE VAPOR DEPOSITION

    公开(公告)号:MY124270A

    公开(公告)日:2006-06-30

    申请号:MYPI9805755

    申请日:1998-12-19

    Applicant: FIBERCORE INC

    Abstract: AN APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A TUBULAR MEMBER, WHICH IS SUITABLE FOR USE AS A STARTER TUBE OR AN OPTICAL FIBER PREFORM, ON A ROTATING CYLINDRICAL TARGET MOUNTED ON A LATHE. THE TUBULAR MEMBER IS MADE BY MEANS OF PLASMA OUTSIDE VAPOR DEPOSITION. IN THIS PROCESS, A SOURCE GAS COMPRISING SIC14 AND, OPTIONALLY, A FLUORINE-LADEN CHEMICAL, IS INTRODUCED INTO AN AIR PLASMA.BOTH THE AIR AND THE SOURCE GAS ARE DRY GASES AND HAVE LOW HYDROXYL CONTENT. THE AIR PLASMA IS CREATED BY A HIGH-FREQUENCY PLASMATRON TORCH WHICH TRAVELS ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE TARGET ON A CARRIAGE. THE TORCH IS PROVIDED WITH A SHORT U-SHAPED GUTTER ON EITHER SIDE OF ITS RIM DIRECTLY BENEATH THE TARGET AND THE GROWING TUBULAR MEMBER. THIS GUTTER HELPS CHANNEL REACTION PRODUCTS OF THE SOURCE GAS AND THE PLASMA SO AS TO ENHANCE DEPOSITION ON THE GROWING TUBULAR MEMBER. THE TORCH IS FURTHER PROVIDED WITH AN INDUCTION COIL HAVING A PLURALITY OF WINDINGS, THE UPPERMOST WINDING BEING MAINTAINED A PREDETERMINED DISTANCE FROM THE SURFACE OF THE TUBULAR MEMBER AS THE LATTER IS BUILT UP..FIG. 1

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