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Preform For Producing An Optical Fiber And Method Therefor

Patent ·
OSTI ID:880087
The present invention provides a simple method for fabricating fiber-optic glass preforms having complex refractive index configurations and/or dopant distributions in a radial direction with a high degree of accuracy and precision. The method teaches bundling together a plurality of glass rods of specific physical, chemical, or optical properties and wherein the rod bundle is fused in a manner that maintains the cross-sectional composition and refractive-index profiles established by the position of the rods.
Research Organization:
Sandia Corporation
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000
Assignee:
Sandia National Laboratories (Livermore, CA)
Patent Number(s):
US 6772611
Application Number:
10/603521
OSTI ID:
880087
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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