公开(公告)号：US09371246B2

公开(公告)日：2016-06-21

申请号：US13869987

申请日：2013-04-25

申请人： Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.

发明人： Tetsuya Otosaka

IPC分类号： C03B37/025 ,  C03B37/03 ,  C03B37/012 ,  C03B23/045 ,  C03B23/047

CPC分类号： C03B37/07 ,  C03B23/045 ,  C03B23/047 ,  C03B37/0124 ,  C03B37/0126 ,  C03B37/0253 ,  C03B37/032 ,  C03B2205/40

摘要： A glass base material elongating method of sequentially feeding rod-like glass base materials hung by a glass base material feeding mechanism into a heating furnace, and pulling a glass rod with a smaller diameter by a pulling chuck at a lower part of the heating furnace, includes: aligning, by an alignment guiding device that guides the glass rod, a guiding center of the alignment guiding device with an axis of the glass rod, the alignment guiding device guiding the glass rod between the heating furnace and the pulling chuck.

摘要翻译： 将由玻璃基材供给机构悬挂的棒状玻璃基材顺序供给到加热炉中的玻璃基材延长方法，在加热炉的下部通过牵引卡盘拉动直径较小的玻璃棒， 包括：通过引导玻璃棒的对准引导装置将对准引导装置的引导中心与玻璃杆的轴对准，对准引导装置将玻璃棒引导到加热炉和拉动卡盘之间。

公开(公告)号：US20150266767A1

公开(公告)日：2015-09-24

申请号：US13840987

申请日：2013-03-15

申请人： Richard L. Glover ,  William F. Seng

发明人： Richard L. Glover ,  William F. Seng

IPC分类号： C03B37/025 ,  G02B1/00 ,  C03C25/10 ,  C03B37/012 ,  C03B37/026 ,  C03B37/03 ,  G02B6/02 ,  C03C13/04

CPC分类号： C03B37/0253 ,  C03B37/01211 ,  C03B37/0126 ,  C03B37/027 ,  C03B37/029 ,  C03B37/032 ,  C03B2201/78 ,  C03B2201/82 ,  C03B2201/86 ,  C03B2205/00 ,  C03B2205/30 ,  C03B2205/40 ,  C03C13/04 ,  C03C13/042 ,  C03C13/043 ,  C03C25/106 ,  C03C2218/32 ,  G02B6/00 ,  G02B6/02

摘要： Optical fibers with previously unattainable characteristics and the method of producing the same are disclosed and claimed herein. Specifically, the application discloses and claims a method to produce ZBLAN, Indium Fluoride, Germanate and Chalcogenide optical fibers and other similar optical fibers in a microgravity environment. The resulting optical fibers have unique molecular structures not attainable when optical fibers with the identical chemical composition are produced in a standard 1 gravity environment.The method of the invention requires a novel draw tower and modified preform, which are specifically designed to operate in microgravity environments. A lead wire is inserted into the preform that, when wound onto a spool in the draw tower, causes a fiber to form. The pull rate of the lead wire controls the diameter of the fiber.

摘要翻译： 具有先前无法实现的特性的光纤及其制造方法在此公开和要求保护。 具体地，本申请公开了一种在微重力环境中生产ZBLAN，氟化铟，德国酸盐和硫族化物光纤和其他类似光纤的方法。 当在标准1重力环境中产生具有相同化学成分的光纤时，所得到的光纤具有不可获得的独特的分子结构。 本发明的方法需要一种新颖的拉制塔和改进的预制件，其被专门设计成在微重力环境中操作。 将引线插入预成型件中，当将其引导到拉制塔中的线轴上时，导致形成纤维。 引线的拉伸速度控制纤维的直径。

公开(公告)号：US20140097567A1

公开(公告)日：2014-04-10

申请号：US14042738

申请日：2013-10-01

申请人： Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.

发明人： Tetsuya OTOSAKA

IPC分类号： C03B37/014

CPC分类号： C03B37/01486 ,  C03B37/0126 ,  C03B37/02736 ,  Y10T29/49998

摘要： Provided is a glass base material hanging mechanism that, when hanging a starting member or a glass base material, can tightly (solidly) connect the hanging shaft tube and the hanging component and can vertically align the hanging component and the center of the glass base material.

摘要翻译： 提供一种玻璃基材悬挂机构，当悬挂起始构件或玻璃基材时，可以紧密（牢固地）连接悬挂轴管和悬挂部件，并且可以垂直地对准悬挂部件和玻璃基材的中心 。

公开(公告)号：US20140020430A1

公开(公告)日：2014-01-23

申请号：US13922252

申请日：2013-06-20

申请人： Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.

发明人： Tetsuya OTOSAKA

IPC分类号： C03B37/03

CPC分类号： C03B37/032 ,  C03B37/0124 ,  C03B37/0126

摘要： Provided is a glass base material elongation method for elongating a glass base material with a large diameter to manufacture a glass rod with a smaller diameter, the method comprising, when elongating a glass base material that has a transparent glass tapered portion at one end of a trunk portion and a glass tapered portion including a non-transparent glass portion at the other end of the trunk portion, prior to the elongation, fusing a hanging dummy to an end of the transparent glass tapered portion, setting the hanging dummy in communication with a feeding mechanism, inserting the glass base material into a heating furnace beginning with the other end, and performing elongation.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供一种用于使直径较大的玻璃基材拉长的玻璃基材伸长方法，以制造直径较小的玻璃棒，该方法包括在将玻璃基材的一端延伸的玻璃基材 主体部分和玻璃锥形部分，其包括在主体部分的另一端处的不透明玻璃部分，在伸长之前，将悬挂的假人融合到透明玻璃锥形部分的端部，将悬挂的假人与 进给机构，将玻璃基材从另一端开始插入加热炉中，并进行伸长。

公开(公告)号：US20120093469A1

公开(公告)日：2012-04-19

申请号：US13215585

申请日：2011-08-23

申请人： Liang Dong ,  Xiang Peng ,  Brian K. Thomas

发明人： Liang Dong ,  Xiang Peng ,  Brian K. Thomas

IPC分类号： G02B6/02

CPC分类号： G02B6/02 ,  C03B37/01211 ,  C03B37/0124 ,  C03B37/01254 ,  C03B37/0126 ,  C03B37/018 ,  C03B2203/14 ,  C03B2203/30 ,  G02B6/02261 ,  G02B6/02333 ,  G02B6/02366 ,  G02B6/03644

摘要： Various embodiments described include optical fiber designs and fabrication processes for ultra high numerical aperture optical fibers (UHNAF) having a numerical aperture (NA) of about 1. Various embodiments of UHNAF may have an NA greater than about 0.7, greater than about 0.8, greater than about 0.9, or greater than about 0.95. Embodiments of UHNAF may have a small core diameter and may have low transmission loss. Embodiments of UHNAF having a sufficiently small core diameter provide single mode operation. Some embodiments have a low V number, for example, less than 2.4 and large dispersion. Some embodiments of UHNAF have extremely large negative dispersion, for example, less than about −300 ps/nm/km in some embodiments. Systems and apparatus using UHNAF are also disclosed.

摘要翻译： 所描述的各种实施例包括具有大约1的数值孔径（NA）的超高数值孔径光纤（UHNAF）的光纤设计和制造工艺。UHNAF的各种实施例可以具有大于约0.7，大于约0.8的NA 大于约0.9，或大于约0.95。 UHNAF的实施例可以具有小的芯直径并且可能具有低的传输损耗。 具有足够小的芯直径的UHNAF的实施例提供单模操作。 一些实施例具有低V数，例如小于2.4和大分散。 UHNAF的一些实施方案在一些实施方案中具有非常大的负色散，例如小于约-300ps / nm / km。 还公开了使用UHNAF的系统和装置。

公开(公告)号：US20110100064A1

公开(公告)日：2011-05-05

申请号：US11722691

申请日：2005-12-22

申请人： Arnab Sarkar ,  Bedros Orchanian ,  Heikki Ihalainen

发明人： Arnab Sarkar ,  Bedros Orchanian ,  Heikki Ihalainen

IPC分类号： C03B37/012

CPC分类号： C03B37/0124 ,  C03B37/0126 ,  C03B37/01446 ,  C03B37/0146 ,  C03B37/01473 ,  C03B37/01486

摘要： A multi-functional method and apparatus are disclosed for producing a low hydroxyl ion-containing core rod from a tube suitable for the production of low-water optical fibers. The method and apparatus combine the use of process steps of (1) hermetically sealing a tubular quartz handle of a tubular porous core preform to a tube used to feed the porous preform into a sintering furnace, (2) dehydration and sintering, and (3) elongation of the sintered preform under vacuum, all without exposing the preform's central aperture surface to ambient atmosphere.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于从适于生产低水光纤的管生产含低羟基离子的芯棒的多功能方法和装置。 该方法和装置结合使用（1）将管状多孔芯预制件的管状石英手柄气密地密封到用于将多孔预成型件进料到烧结炉中的管的工艺步骤，（2）脱水和烧结，和（3） ）烧结预型体在真空下的伸长率，所有这些都不会使预成型件的中心孔表面暴露于环境气氛。

公开(公告)号：US20100189390A1

公开(公告)日：2010-07-29

申请号：US12756138

申请日：2010-04-07

申请人： Liang Dong ,  Xiang Peng ,  Brian K. Thomas

发明人： Liang Dong ,  Xiang Peng ,  Brian K. Thomas

IPC分类号： G02B6/00 ,  G02B6/02

CPC分类号： G02B6/02 ,  C03B37/01211 ,  C03B37/0124 ,  C03B37/01254 ,  C03B37/0126 ,  C03B37/018 ,  C03B2203/14 ,  C03B2203/30 ,  G02B6/02261 ,  G02B6/02333 ,  G02B6/02366 ,  G02B6/03644

摘要： Various embodiments described include optical fiber designs and fabrication processes for ultra high numerical aperture optical fibers (UHNAF) having a numerical aperture (NA) of about 1. Various embodiments of UHNAF may have an NA greater than about 0.7, greater than about 0.8, greater than about 0.9, or greater than about 0.95. Embodiments of UHNAF may have a small core diameter and may have low transmission loss. Embodiments of UHNAF having a sufficiently small core diameter provide single mode operation. Some embodiments have a low V number, for example, less than 2.4 and large dispersion. Some embodiments of UHNAF have extremely large negative dispersion, for example, less than about −300 ps/nm/km in some embodiments. Systems and apparatus using UHNAF are also disclosed.

摘要翻译： 所描述的各种实施例包括具有大约1的数值孔径（NA）的超高数值孔径光纤（UHNAF）的光纤设计和制造工艺。UHNAF的各种实施例可以具有大于约0.7，大于约0.8的NA 大于约0.9，或大于约0.95。 UHNAF的实施例可以具有小的芯直径并且可能具有低的传输损耗。 具有足够小的芯直径的UHNAF的实施例提供单模操作。 一些实施例具有低V数，例如小于2.4和大分散。 UHNAF的一些实施方案在一些实施方案中具有非常大的负色散，例如小于约-300ps / nm / km。 还公开了使用UHNAF的系统和装置。

公开(公告)号：US07532798B2

公开(公告)日：2009-05-12

申请号：US11934231

申请日：2007-11-02

申请人： David Philip Williams ,  Timothy Adam Birks ,  Philip St. John Russell ,  Peter John Roberts ,  Hendrik Sabert ,  Alexander Onischenko

发明人： David Philip Williams ,  Timothy Adam Birks ,  Philip St. John Russell ,  Peter John Roberts ,  Hendrik Sabert ,  Alexander Onischenko

IPC分类号： G02B6/02 ,  G02B6/00

CPC分类号： C03B37/02781 ,  C03B37/0122 ,  C03B37/0124 ,  C03B37/0126 ,  C03B2203/14 ,  C03B2203/42 ,  C03B2205/08 ,  G02B6/02328 ,  G02B6/02338 ,  G02B6/02347 ,  G02B6/02371 ,  G02B6/02385 ,  Y02P40/57

摘要： An elongate waveguide for guiding light including a core having an elongate region of relatively low refractive index; a microstructured region around the core comprising elongate regions of relatively low refractive index interspersed with elongate regions of relatively high refractive index; and a boundary at the interface between the core and the microstructured region, the boundary including, in the transverse cross-section, a region of relatively high refractive index, which is connected to the microstructured region at a plurality of nodes, and at least one relatively enlarged region around the boundary, the enlarged region having a major dimension and a minor dimension, wherein the length of the major dimension divided by the length of the minor dimension is more than 3.0.

摘要翻译： 用于引导光的细长波导，包括具有相对较低折射率的细长区域的芯; 芯周围的微结构化区域，包括相对低折射率的细长区域，散布有相对较高折射率的细长区域; 以及在所述芯和所述微结构化区域之间的界面处的边界，所述边界在横截面中包括在多个节点处连接到所述微结构化区域的相对高折射率的区域，以及至少一个 围绕边界的相对扩大的区域，扩大区域具有主要尺寸和小尺寸，其中主要尺寸的长度除以次要尺寸的长度大于3.0。

公开(公告)号：US20070209400A1

公开(公告)日：2007-09-13

申请号：US10593508

申请日：2005-03-16

申请人： Achim Hofmann ,  Clemens Schmitt ,  Jan Vydra

发明人： Achim Hofmann ,  Clemens Schmitt ,  Jan Vydra

IPC分类号： C03B37/012

CPC分类号： C03B37/01211 ,  C03B37/0126 ,  C03B2201/04

摘要： According to a previously known method for producing an optical component from synthetic quartz glass, a coaxial arrangement comprising an outer jacket tube, an inner jacket tube that is provided with an internal bore, and a core rod whose bottom face rests on a thrust bearing within the internal bore, is fed into a heating zone in a vertical orientation, is softened therein zone by zone, and is elongated so as to obtain the quartz glass component. In order to create a simple and inexpensive method that is based on said method and makes it possible to reproducibly manufacture a high-quality optical component, the thrust bearing is embodied as a constriction of the internal bore of the inner jacket tube.

摘要翻译： 根据用于从合成石英玻璃制造光学部件的以前已知的方法，一种同轴装置，包括外护套管，设置有内孔的内护套和底面搁置在推力轴承内的芯棒 将内孔以垂直取向供给到加热区域中，逐渐被软化，并且被拉长以获得石英玻璃部件。 为了创建基于所述方法的简单且便宜的方法，并且使得可以可重复地制造高质量的光学部件，推力轴承被实施为内护套管的内孔的收缩。

公开(公告)号：US07198247B2

公开(公告)日：2007-04-03

申请号：US10343167

申请日：2001-04-11

申请人： Yoshihisa Kusano ,  Atsuyuki Shimada ,  Toshiharu Hiraoka

发明人： Yoshihisa Kusano ,  Atsuyuki Shimada ,  Toshiharu Hiraoka

IPC分类号： B29C33/76

CPC分类号： C03B19/02 ,  C03B19/1484 ,  C03B37/0126 ,  C03B37/01268 ,  C03B37/0128 ,  C03B37/01486 ,  C03B37/02736

摘要： A mandrel for producing a large quartz glass body, comprising at least two columnar or cylindrical, carbon fiber-reinforced carbon composite members and joined in series by screw thread parts, wherein preferably the contact surface of the screw thread parts of the mandrel is impregnated and/or coated with carbon, and more preferably a reinforcing member made of a C/C composite is provided on the outer periphery of the screw thread parts.

摘要翻译： 一种用于生产大型石英玻璃体的心轴，包括至少两个圆柱形或圆柱形的碳纤维增强碳复合构件，并通过螺纹部分串联连接，其中优选地将心轴的螺纹部分的接触表面浸渍， /或涂覆有碳，更优选由C / C复合材料制成的加强构件设置在螺纹部分的外周上。