Method and apparatus for sintering porous optical fiber preforms
    12.
    发明申请
    Method and apparatus for sintering porous optical fiber preforms 审中-公开
    烧结多孔光纤预制棒的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20060162390A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-07-27

    申请号:US11316323

    申请日:2005-12-21

    CPC classification number: C03B37/01486 C03B37/0146

    Abstract: An improved method and apparatus is disclosed for sintering large, cylindrical, porous bodies used in the manufacture of high-quality optical fiber preforms. The apparatus has a compact, simplified structure, as compared to comparable apparatus of the prior art. The apparatus includes two separate support/slide assemblies that support the porous body throughout the sintering process. A first support/slide assembly engages a special handle for the porous body during a first stage of the process, in which the body is lowered into a furnace muffle. A second support/slide assembly then engages the porous body's handle during a second stage of the process, in which the body is controllably moved through a hot zone of the furnace, for dehydration and sintering of the body into a dense glass optical fiber preform. The body's handle is specially configured to allow both support/slide assemblies to be engaged with it simultaneously, whereby the sintering process can be carried out without the need for separate support structure during the switchover from the first support/slide assembly to the second support/slide assembly.

    Abstract translation: 公开了用于烧结用于制造高质量光纤预制棒的大的圆柱形多孔体的改进的方法和装置。 与现有技术的可比设备相比,该装置具有紧凑的简化结构。 该设备包括在整个烧结过程中支撑多孔体的两个单独的支撑/滑动组件。 第一支撑/滑动组件在该过程的第一阶段期间接合用于多孔体的特殊手柄,其中主体下降到炉膛中。 然后,第二支撑/滑动组件在该过程的第二阶段期间与多孔体的把手接合,其中主体被可控地移动通过炉的热区,用于将本体脱水和烧结成密实的玻璃光纤预制件。 身体的手柄被特别地构造成允许两个支撑/滑动组件同时与其接合,从而可以在从第一支撑/滑动组件切换到第二支撑/滑动组件期间不需要单独的支撑结构来执行烧结过程, 滑动组件。

    Sol-gel process for providing a tailored gel microstructure
    13.
    发明授权
    Sol-gel process for providing a tailored gel microstructure 失效
    溶胶 - 凝胶法用于提供定制的凝胶微观结构

    公开(公告)号:US5264197A

    公开(公告)日:1993-11-23

    申请号:US811326

    申请日:1991-12-20

    Abstract: An improved sol-gel process for fabricating large, crack-free gel monoliths (e.g., of silica) is described in which a specially-tailored gel microstructure is provided by adjusting the relative concentrations of an alcohol diluent (e.g., ethanol) and/or one or more catalysts (e.g., HCl and HF). Controlled variations in the gel's average pore radius, bulk density, rupture modulus, and elastic modulus over a wide range can be tailored in this fashion. This enables the process to be optimized for the particular application involved.

    Abstract translation: 描述了用于制造大的无裂纹凝胶整料(例如,二氧化硅)的改进的溶胶 - 凝胶方法,其中通过调节醇稀释剂(例如乙醇)和/或 一种或多种催化剂(例如HCl和HF)。 可以以这种方式调整凝胶的平均孔半径,体积密度,断裂模量和宽范围内的弹性模量的控制变化。 这使得针对所涉及的特定应用来优化该过程。

    Method of forming optical fiber having laminated core
    14.
    发明授权
    Method of forming optical fiber having laminated core 失效
    形成具有层叠芯的光纤的方法

    公开(公告)号:US4528009A

    公开(公告)日:1985-07-09

    申请号:US500004

    申请日:1983-06-01

    Applicant: Arnab Sarkar

    Inventor: Arnab Sarkar

    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a preform from which is drawn an optical fiber, the core of which comprises layers of different glass composition. In one embodiment, the known CVD process for making preforms is modified by halting rotation of the substrate tube while the tube is asymmetrically heated by a source that traverses the length of the tube. A vapor mixture flowing through the tube reacts only near that region of the inner surface of the tube that is being heated. This forms a longitudinal strip of glass particles. The flow of reactants stops, the tube is rotated, and it is traversed by heating means which heats the tube to a temperature sufficiently high to fuse the glass particles and forming a longitudinal strip of glassy material.

    Abstract translation: 一种用于制造预成型件的方法,其中拉出了一种光纤,其芯部包括不同玻璃组成的层。 在一个实施例中,用于制造预成型件的已知CVD方法通过在通过穿过管的长度的源不对称地加热管的同时停止衬底管的旋转而被修改。 流过管的蒸汽混合物仅在被加热管的内表面的区域附近反应。 这形成玻璃颗粒的纵向条。 反应物的流动停止,管旋转,并且通过加热装置穿过,该加热装置将管加热至足够高的温度以熔化玻璃颗粒并形成玻璃状材料的纵向条。

    Method and apparatus for making large diameter optical waveguide preforms
    15.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for making large diameter optical waveguide preforms 失效
    制造大直径光波导预制件的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US4312654A

    公开(公告)日:1982-01-26

    申请号:US216556

    申请日:1980-12-15

    Applicant: Arnab Sarkar

    Inventor: Arnab Sarkar

    CPC classification number: C03B37/01807 C03B2201/10 C03B2207/86 C03B2207/87

    Abstract: A glass optical waveguide filament preform is prepared by chemical reaction of vapor ingredients within a glass bait tube. As the reactants flow through the bait tube, a hot zone traverses the tube to cause the deposition of sooty reaction products in the region immediately downstream of the hot zone. A baffle tube extends into that end of the bait tube into which the reactants flow. The baffle tube, which traverses the bait tube along with the burner, ends just short of the hot zone so that no soot is deposited thereon. A gas flowing from the baffle tube creates a gaseous mandrel which confines the flow of reactant vapors to an annular channel adjacent the bait tube wall in the hot zone, thereby increasing deposition rate and efficiency.

    Abstract translation: 通过玻璃诱饵管内的蒸气成分的化学反应来制备玻璃光导纤维预制棒。 当反应物流过诱饵管时,热区穿过管,使得烟草反应产物在紧邻热区下游的区域中沉积。 挡板管延伸到反应物流入的诱饵管的末端。 与燃烧器一起穿过诱饵管的挡板管刚好在热区域结束,从而不会在其上沉积烟灰。 从挡板管流出的气体产生气态心轴,其将反应物蒸汽的流动限制在与热区域中的诱饵管壁相邻的环形通道,从而提高沉积速率和效率。

    Test apparatus for optical waveguides
    16.
    发明授权
    Test apparatus for optical waveguides 失效
    光波导测试装置

    公开(公告)号:US4136960A

    公开(公告)日:1979-01-30

    申请号:US765658

    申请日:1977-02-04

    CPC classification number: G01N21/88

    Abstract: This specification describes a novel apparatus and method for testing optical wave guides to determine the optical attenuation and to locate faults in the optical fiber. The light for test purposes is launched into the fiber by one or more light beams that surround the wave guides and that are focussed to converge from around the circumference and at the axis of the wave guide; the convergence being at low angles of incidence, so that some of the light enters the wave guide. The remaining light launched into the wave guide in opposite directions at a location, nearer to one end than to the other, is measured at opposite ends of the wave guide. The ratio of the light at the opposite ends of the wave guide and the difference in the length of travel of the light from the region of entry to each end is used to compute attenuation. Faults are found by internal reflections of the light beam in the wave guide.

    Abstract translation: 本说明书描述了用于测试光波导以确定光衰减和定位光纤中的故障的新型装置和方法。 用于测试目的的光通过围绕波导的一个或多个光束被发射到光纤中,并且被聚焦以从波长周围的圆周和波导的轴线会聚; 会聚处于低入射角,使得一些光进入波导。 在波导的相对端处测量在相对方向上发射到波导中的其余光在比另一端更靠近一端的位置。 使用波导相对端的光的比率和光从入射区域到每端的行进长度的差异来计算衰减。 通过波导中的光束的内部反射可以发现故障。

    Optical fiber cable construction
    17.
    发明授权
    Optical fiber cable construction 失效
    光纤电缆结构

    公开(公告)号:US4110001A

    公开(公告)日:1978-08-29

    申请号:US756979

    申请日:1977-01-05

    CPC classification number: G02B6/441 G02B6/4403

    Abstract: This optical fiber cable has the optical fibers adhered to a support. An assembly including the fibers and the support is carried by a core element having a helical channel in which the fiber assembly is located and free to adjust itself to accommodate bending of the cable without subjecting the optical fibers to pressure or to bends that are excessively sharp. The construction also avoids pressure on the optical fibers from binders, core tapes, or the cable sheath when the cable is bent. It also avoids micro-bending losses. Locating of the optical fibers closer to the cable axis further decreases bending losses.

    Abstract translation: 该光缆具有粘附在支撑体上的光纤。 包括纤维和支撑件的组件由具有螺旋通道的芯元件承载,纤维组件位于该芯元件中,并且可以自由地调节其自身以适应电缆的弯曲,而不会使光纤受到压力或过度弯曲 。 当电缆弯曲时,该结构还避免了来自粘合剂,芯带或电缆护套的光纤的压力。 它也避免了微弯损失。 靠近电缆轴的定位光纤进一步减少了弯曲损耗。

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING AN OPTICAL FIBER CORE ROD
    18.
    发明申请
    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING AN OPTICAL FIBER CORE ROD 审中-公开
    制造光纤芯线的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20110100064A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-05-05

    申请号:US11722691

    申请日:2005-12-22

    Abstract: A multi-functional method and apparatus are disclosed for producing a low hydroxyl ion-containing core rod from a tube suitable for the production of low-water optical fibers. The method and apparatus combine the use of process steps of (1) hermetically sealing a tubular quartz handle of a tubular porous core preform to a tube used to feed the porous preform into a sintering furnace, (2) dehydration and sintering, and (3) elongation of the sintered preform under vacuum, all without exposing the preform's central aperture surface to ambient atmosphere.

    Abstract translation: 公开了一种用于从适于生产低水光纤的管生产含低羟基离子的芯棒的多功能方法和装置。 该方法和装置结合使用(1)将管状多孔芯预制件的管状石英手柄气密地密封到用于将多孔预成型件进料到烧结炉中的管的工艺步骤,(2)脱水和烧结,和(3) )烧结预型体在真空下的伸长率,所有这些都不会使预成型件的中心孔表面暴露于环境气氛。

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