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Method of bundling rods so as to form an optical fiber preform

Patent ·
OSTI ID:941080
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 Laboratories (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA
Sponsoring Organization:
United States Department of Energy
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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