摘要:
A dispersion compensating optical fiber comprises a minimum wavelength at which an increase amount of an actual loss value with respect to a theoretical loss value is not less than 10 mdB/km in a use wavelength band and on a long wavelength side of the use wavelength band. The actual loss value is measured in a state that the fiber is looped around a bobbin. The minimum wavelength falls within a range of 1,565 to 1,700 nm. This dispersion compensating optical fiber is suitably used for an optical transmission line of a large-capacity high-speed WDM optical transmission system.
摘要:
A drawing apparatus 1 has a drawing furnace 11, a heating furnace 21, and a resin curing section 31. The drawing furnace 11 has a muffle tube 13 to which an He gas supply passage 15 from an He gas supply section 14 is connected so as to supply He gas. The optical fiber 3 drawn upon heating by the drawing furnace 11 is fed to the heating furnace 21, whereby a predetermined part of the optical fiber 3 is annealed at a predetermined cooling rate. The heating furnace 21 has a muffle tube 23 to which an N2 gas supply passage 25 from an N2 gas supply section 24 is connected so as to supply N2 gas. Thereafter, the optical fiber 3 is coated with a UV resin 39 by a coating die 38, and the UV resin 39 is cured in the resin curing section 31, whereby a coated optical fiber 4 is formed.
摘要:
An optical fiber splicing method capable of fully reducing the splice loss at room temperature is provided. In the optical fiber splicing method in accordance with the present invention, respective end faces of optical fibers are fused together in a splicing step (S101). In a condition setting step (S102), a set value &agr;0 is set. Thereafter, a heating step (S103), a measuring step (S104), and a termination determining step (S105) are carried out repeatedly. In the heating step, a region including the fusion-spliced point is heated under a predetermined heating condition. In the measuring step, splice loss is measured. In the termination determining step, the splice loss &agr;n measured in the measuring step and the set value &agr;0 set in the condition setting step are compared with each other in terms of magnitude. If the splice loss &agr;n is not greater than the set value &agr;0, then it is determined that the alternation should be terminated, whereby the optical fiber connecting operation is terminated.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a process wherein a large glass preform is flame abraded to have a clear and smooth surface. In particular, the present invention pertains to a method for flame abrading a surface of a rotating glass preform by an oxyhydrogen flame which moves along a length of the glass preform, in which a movement velocity of the oxyhydrogen flame or a flow rate of oxyhydrogen of the oxyhydrogen flame is varied to conduct the flame abrasion treatment.
摘要:
In a method of manufacturing the glass tube of the invention, a glass tube having an inner diameter of a predetermined size is formed by forming a softened portion by heating a glass material and inserting an inner forming member to the softened portion. An outer diameter of the softened portion is formed into an outer diameter of a predetermined size by bringing an outer forming member movable in a direction orthogonal to a longitudinal direction axis of the glass material into contact with an outer circumference of the softened portion.
摘要:
A plurality of glass particles synthesizing burners are arranged at a predetermined burner interval opposite to a rotating starting rod. The starting rod and the glass particles synthesizing burners are relatively parallely reciprocally moved, and the soot deposition is conducted. A reciprocating speed v(mm/minute), axis rotating speed r (rpm), and burner interval L (mm) are set so that a value A expressed by the expression A=(r/v)×L is in a range 40≧A≧8.
摘要:
A method for producing an optical fiber preform is provided in which the variation of the outer diameter in the longitudinal direction is minimized and a target quantity of glass is accumulated as a whole. Based on a predetermined relationship between three variables: the outer diameter of a starting rod being a first variable, the outer diameter of an optical fiber preform a second variable, and the timing for ending the glass particles depositing process a third variable, the starting rod and burners are subjected to relative reciprocating movement so as to deposit glass particles on the starting rod until the timing for ending the depositing process, and then the resulting deposit body is vitrified. The third variable may be the traverse velocity, the glass particles deposition time, or the weight of a soot glass deposit body.
摘要:
A glass preform for an optical fiber is effectively drawn by connecting dummy rods to both ends of the glass preform and connecting the dummy rods to fitting members.
摘要:
A glass body for optical fiber containing GeO.sub.2 --SiO.sub.2 glass in a core portion thereof, in which the GeO.sub.2 --SiO.sub.2 glass has an absorbance at 5.16 eV of at least 1/mm but not higher than 2.5/mm or in which concentration of Ge.sup.2+ contained in the GeO.sub.2 --SiO.sub.2 glass substantially lies within the range of 1.1.times.10.sup.-9 to 2.8.times.10.sup.-9 mol/mm.sup.3 as calculated by the following general equation: A=.epsilon..sub.5.16ev .multidot.C.sub.(Ge2+) .multidot.1 wherein A is absorbance which is expressed by A=-log T (T being transmittance) and normalized per 1 mm of optical path length, C.sub.(Ge2+) is Ge.sup.2+ concentration, .epsilon..sub.5.16ev is absorption coefficient (1/mol/cm), and 1 is optical path length.
摘要:
In order to provide an improved process for the production of a glass preform for an optical fiber which includes substantially no bubble formation therein and also has a substantially uniform shape, the present invention provides a process for the production of a glass preform which is at least partially formed from silica. In particular, a body is formed on a rod by depositing fine glass particles thereon, preferably by the vapor phase reactions, and heating the body to vitrify under a reduced atmosphere or a vacuumed atmosphere so that the glass preform is produced. According to this process, the heating includes a first heating step of degassing the body at a first heating temperature, a second heating step of shrinking the body at a second heating temperature which is higher than the first heating temperature and which is lower than a third heating temperature, and a third heating step of vitrifying the shrunken body at the third temperature which corresponds to a vitrification temperature of the fine glass particles so as to produce the glass preform.