Method of bundling rods so as to form an optical fiber preform
Patent
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OSTI ID:941080
- San Ramon, CA
- Washington, DC
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 National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- Assignee:
- Sandia National Laboratories (Livermore, CA)
- Patent Number(s):
- 6,711,918
- Application Number:
- 09/778,329
- OSTI ID:
- 941080
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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