发明授权
- 专利标题: Method for forming doped optical preforms
- 专利标题(中): 用于形成掺杂的光学预型件的方法
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申请号: US863160申请日: 1986-05-14
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公开(公告)号: US4689212A公开(公告)日: 1987-08-25
- 发明人: Robert J. Mansfield
- 申请人: Robert J. Mansfield
- 申请人地址: MA Cambridge
- 专利权人: Polaroid Corporation
- 当前专利权人: Polaroid Corporation
- 当前专利权人地址: MA Cambridge
- 主分类号: G02B6/00
- IPC分类号: G02B6/00 ; C03B37/012 ; C03B37/014 ; C03B37/018 ; C23C16/513 ; B05D1/08
摘要:
An optical fiber preform is formed by plasma chemical vapor deposition utilizing a plasma torch that includes a chamber into which a plasma starting gas, such as argon, is introduced and converted to a plasma by application of high frequency electromagnetic energy. A suitable entry port is provided in the torch chamber to allow dopant material in solid form to be introduced directly into the plasma for vaporization or ionization. The dopant material passes into a lower temperature region where gaseous silica precursor gases are introduced to undergo reaction in the presence of the vaporized dopant to form appropriately doped silica particles for deposition onto a substrate. Solid dopants of low volitility or vapor pressure may be used as dopants which could not otherwise be used in vapor deposition processes. The absence of hydrogen in the reaction dynamics results in a preform having greatly reduced hydroxyl ion content. If desired, a high-purity starting glass, rather than the precursor gases, can be introduced directly into the plasma to form the appropriately doped material.
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