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

Abstract

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.

Inventors:
 [1];  [2]
  1. San Ramon, CA
  2. Washington, DC
Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
941080
Patent Number(s):
6711918
Application Number:
09/778,329
Assignee:
Sandia National Laboratories (Livermore, CA)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
C - CHEMISTRY C03 - GLASS C03B - MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01S - DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT
DOE Contract Number:  
AC04-94AL85000
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
42 ENGINEERING

Citation Formats

Kliner, Dahv A. V., and Koplow, Jeffery P. Method of bundling rods so as to form an optical fiber preform. United States: N. p., 2004. Web.
Kliner, Dahv A. V., & Koplow, Jeffery P. Method of bundling rods so as to form an optical fiber preform. United States.
Kliner, Dahv A. V., and Koplow, Jeffery P. Tue . "Method of bundling rods so as to form an optical fiber preform". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/941080.
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abstractNote = {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.},
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year = {2004},
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