Method of fabricating a preform and optical fiber
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    Method of fabricating a preform and optical fiber 审中-公开
    Verfahren zum Herstellen einer Vorform und optischer Faser

    公开(公告)号:EP1215179A2

    公开(公告)日:2002-06-19

    申请号:EP01308881.0

    申请日:2001-10-19

    发明人: Ishida, Yoshinori

    摘要: Methods of fabricating an optical fiber preform and a method of fabricating an optical fiber of the invention realize the fabrication of an optical fiber having desirable transmission characteristics in the entire wavelength rage of about 1.3 to 1.6 µm. The fabrication method comprisses a porous core rod producing step of depositing a first cladding (3) having an outer diameter D so as to surround a core (2) having an outer diameter d to produce a porous core rod (1) of D/d ≥ 4.0 by VAD. Then, the porous core rod (1) is dehydrated to reduce the OH group concentration to 0.8 ppb or less by weight ratio. The porous core rod (1) is formed to be transparent for a vitrified core rod (4) and is heated and stretched. Thereafter, a second cladding is obtained by depositing a second porous cladding (5) around the vitrified core rod (4) by VAD to be dehydrated, transparent and vitrified. The optical fiber preform thus fabricated is drawn to form into an optical fiber and is then allowed to stand in a deuterium gas atmosphere for a predetermined period.

    摘要翻译: 制造光纤预制棒的方法和本发明的制造光纤的方法实现在整个波长范围内具有理想的传输特性的光纤的制造大约在1.3到1.6μm。 制造方法包括多孔芯棒制造步骤,沉积具有外径D的第一包层(3)以包围具有外径d的芯(2)以产生D / d的多孔芯棒(1) ≥4.0VAD。 然后,将多孔芯棒(1)脱水,将OH基浓度按重量比降低至0.8ppb以下。 多孔芯棒(1)形成为透明的玻璃化芯棒(4),并被加热和拉伸。 此后,通过VAD将玻璃化芯棒(4)周围沉积第二多孔包层(5)以进行脱水,透明和玻璃化,获得第二包层。 将如此制造的光纤预制件拉制成光纤,然后在氘气体气氛中静置一定时间。