公开(公告)号：US06477305B1

公开(公告)日：2002-11-05

申请号：US09547598

申请日：2000-04-11

申请人： George E. Berkey ,  Dana C. Bookbinder ,  Richard M. Fiacco ,  Cynthia B. Giroux ,  Daniel W. Hawtof ,  Dale R. Powers ,  V. Srikant

发明人： George E. Berkey ,  Dana C. Bookbinder ,  Richard M. Fiacco ,  Cynthia B. Giroux ,  Daniel W. Hawtof ,  Dale R. Powers ,  V. Srikant

IPC分类号： G02B602

CPC分类号： C03B37/01486 ,  C03B37/0124 ,  C03B37/01446 ,  C03B37/01473 ,  C03B2201/04 ,  C03B2201/075 ,  C03B2201/22 ,  C03B2201/31 ,  C03C3/06 ,  C03C13/047 ,  C03C2201/22 ,  C03C2203/54 ,  G02B6/02

摘要： A cylindrical glass body having a low water content centerline region and method of manufacturing such a cylindrical glass body for use in the manufacture of optical waveguide fiber is disclosed. The centerline region of the cylindrical glass body has a water content sufficiently low such that an optical waveguide fiber made from the cylindrical glass body of the present invention exhibits an optical attenuation of less than about 0.35 dB/km, and preferably less than about 0.31 dB/km at a measured wavelength of 1380 nm. A low water content plug used in the manufacture of such a cylindrical glass body, an optical waveguide fiber having a low water peak, and an optical fiber communication system incorporating such an optical waveguide fiber is also disclosed.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种具有低含水率中心线区域的圆柱形玻璃体及其制造用于制造光波导纤维的圆柱形玻璃体的方法。 圆柱形玻璃体的中心线区域的水含量足够低，使得由本发明的圆柱形玻璃体制成的光波导纤维的光衰减小于约0.35dB / km，优选小于约0.31dB / km，测量波长为1380 nm。 还公开了用于制造这种圆柱形玻璃体的低含水量塞子，具有低水峰的光波导纤维和包含这种光波导纤维的光纤通信系统。

公开(公告)号：US06904772B2

公开(公告)日：2005-06-14

申请号：US10023291

申请日：2001-12-14

申请人： George E. Berkey ,  Dana C. Bookbinder ,  Richard M. Fiacco ,  Dale R. Powers

发明人： George E. Berkey ,  Dana C. Bookbinder ,  Richard M. Fiacco ,  Dale R. Powers

IPC分类号： C03B37/014 ,  C03C13/04 ,  C03C25/60 ,  G02B6/02 ,  C03B37/027

CPC分类号： C03C25/607 ,  C03B37/01446 ,  C03B37/0146 ,  C03B37/01486 ,  C03B2201/075 ,  C03B2201/22 ,  C03B2201/31 ,  C03C3/06 ,  C03C13/045 ,  C03C13/047 ,  C03C2201/21 ,  C03C2201/22 ,  C03C2203/54 ,  G02B6/02

摘要： Optical waveguide fiber having low water peak as well as optical waveguide fiber preforms and methods of making optical waveguide fiber preforms from which low water peak and/or low hydrogen aged attenuation optical waveguide fibers are formed, including optical waveguide fiber and preforms made via OVD. The fibers may be hydrogen resistant, i.e. exhibit low hydrogen aged attenuation. A low water peak, hydrogen resistant optical waveguide fiber is disclosed which exhibits an optical attenuation at a wavelength of about 1383 nm which is less than or equal to an optical attenuation exhibited at a wavelength of about 1310 nm.

摘要翻译： 具有低水峰的光波导纤维以及光波导纤维预制件以及制造出低水峰值和/或低氢老化衰减光波导纤维的光波导纤维预制棒的方法，包括通过OVD制造的光波导纤维和预制棒。 纤维可以是耐氢性的，即表现出低氢老化衰减。 公开了一种低水峰，耐氢光波导纤维，其在约1383nm的波长处表现出光衰减，其小于或等于在约1310nm的波长处显示的光衰减。

公开(公告)号：US06944382B2

公开(公告)日：2005-09-13

申请号：US10773636

申请日：2004-02-06

申请人： George E. Berkey ,  Dana C. Bookbinder ,  Richard M. Fiacco ,  Dale R. Powers

发明人： George E. Berkey ,  Dana C. Bookbinder ,  Richard M. Fiacco ,  Dale R. Powers

IPC分类号： C03B37/014 ,  C03C13/04 ,  C03C25/60 ,  G02B6/02

CPC分类号： C03C25/607 ,  C03B37/01446 ,  C03B37/0146 ,  C03B37/01486 ,  C03B2201/075 ,  C03B2201/22 ,  C03B2201/31 ,  C03C3/06 ,  C03C13/045 ,  C03C13/047 ,  C03C2201/21 ,  C03C2201/22 ,  C03C2203/54 ,  G02B6/02

摘要： Optical waveguide fiber having low water peak as well as optical waveguide fiber preforms and methods of making optical waveguide fiber preforms from which low water peak and/or low hydrogen aged attenuation optical waveguide fibers are formed, including optical waveguide fiber and preforms made via OVD. The fibers may be hydrogen resistant, i.e. exhibit low hydrogen aged attenuation. A low water peak, hydrogen resistant optical waveguide fiber is disclosed which exhibits an optical attenuation at a wavelength of about 1383 nm which is less than or equal to an optical attenuation exhibited at a wavelength of about 1310 nm.

摘要翻译： 具有低水峰的光波导纤维以及光波导纤维预制件以及制造出低水峰值和/或低氢老化衰减光波导纤维的光波导纤维预制棒的方法，包括通过OVD制造的光波导纤维和预制棒。 纤维可以是耐氢性的，即表现出低氢老化衰减。 公开了一种低水峰，耐氢光波导纤维，其在约1383nm的波长处表现出光衰减，其小于或等于在约1310nm的波长处显示的光衰减。

公开(公告)号：US07076141B2

公开(公告)日：2006-07-11

申请号：US11123920

申请日：2005-05-06

申请人： George E. Berkey ,  Dana C. Bookbinder ,  Richard M. Fiacco ,  Dale R. Powers

发明人： George E. Berkey ,  Dana C. Bookbinder ,  Richard M. Fiacco ,  Dale R. Powers

IPC分类号： G02B6/02 ,  G02B6/00

CPC分类号： C03C25/607 ,  C03B37/01446 ,  C03B37/0146 ,  C03B37/01486 ,  C03B2201/075 ,  C03B2201/22 ,  C03B2201/31 ,  C03C3/06 ,  C03C13/045 ,  C03C13/047 ,  C03C2201/21 ,  C03C2201/22 ,  C03C2203/54 ,  G02B6/02

摘要： Optical waveguide fiber having low water peak as well as optical waveguide fiber preforms and methods of making optical waveguide fiber preforms from which low water peak and/or low hydrogen aged attenuation optical waveguide fibers are formed, including optical waveguide fiber and preforms made via OVD. The fibers may be hydrogen resistant, i.e. exhibit low hydrogen aged attenuation. A low water peak, hydrogen resistant optical waveguide fiber is disclosed which exhibits an optical attenuation at a wavelength of about 1383 nm which is less than or equal to an optical attenuation exhibited at a wavelength of about 1310 nm.

公开(公告)号：US07672557B2

公开(公告)日：2010-03-02

申请号：US11359223

申请日：2006-02-21

申请人： Martin W. Allen ,  Dana C. Bookbinder ,  Dipakbin Q. Chowdhury ,  Daniel W. Hawtof ,  Dale R. Powers

发明人： Martin W. Allen ,  Dana C. Bookbinder ,  Dipakbin Q. Chowdhury ,  Daniel W. Hawtof ,  Dale R. Powers

IPC分类号： G02B6/36 ,  G02B6/00

CPC分类号： G02B6/02285 ,  C03B37/01245 ,  C03B37/01473 ,  C03B37/01869 ,  C03B37/02754 ,  C03B2201/31 ,  C03B2203/36 ,  C03B2205/08 ,  C03B2205/10 ,  G02B6/03622

摘要： A method of fabricating an optical waveguide fiber that includes the steps of providing a cylindrical glass optical fiber preform having a longitudinally extending centerline hole, and closing the hole under conditions suitable to result in uniform and symmetric hole closure. The method may include first plugging a first end and a second end of the centerline hole to prevent gas flow therethrough. The method preferably involves closing the centerline hole of the preform by drawing the preform down into an optical waveguide fiber.

摘要翻译： 一种制造光波导光纤的方法，包括以下步骤：提供具有纵向延伸的中心线孔的圆柱形玻璃光纤预制件，并在适于导致均匀和对称的孔封闭的条件下闭合孔。 该方法可以包括首先堵塞中心线孔的第一端和第二端以防止气体流过其中。 该方法优选地包括通过将预成型件向下拉入光纤光纤中来封闭预成型件的中心线孔。

公开(公告)号：US06597848B1

公开(公告)日：2003-07-22

申请号：US09558649

申请日：2000-04-26

申请人： George E. Berkey ,  Lei Jiang ,  Dale R. Powers ,  V. Srikant

发明人： George E. Berkey ,  Lei Jiang ,  Dale R. Powers ,  V. Srikant

IPC分类号： G02B618

CPC分类号： G02B6/03688 ,  C03B37/01413 ,  C03B37/01446 ,  C03B2201/12 ,  C03B2201/31 ,  C03B2203/22 ,  C03B2203/23 ,  C03B2203/26 ,  C03B2203/36 ,  C03B2207/36 ,  G02B6/02261 ,  G02B6/03677

摘要： Disclosed is a dispersion compensating optical fiber that includes a core surrounded by a cladding layer of refractive index nCL. The core includes at least three radially adjacent regions, a central core region, a moat region having a refractive index nM that is sufficiently lower than nCL such that &Dgr;M≦−0.4%, and a ring region. As the ring region exhibits sufficiently high refractive index at a sufficiently long distance from the outer edge of the moat region, the fiber can exhibit low values of negative dispersion slope at low values of negative dispersion and yet exhibit good bending loss. This ring region is also capable of imparting to the fiber a relatively high cutoff wavelength, so that the present invention is particularly well suited for use in L-band systems. A particularly suitable fiber has an index profile in which that part of the ring region at the transition between the moat and the ring region has a refractive index such that its delta value is close to zero. Also disclosed is a method of forming the fiber of the present invention.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种色散补偿光纤，其包括由折射率nCL的包覆层包围的芯。 芯包括至少三个径向相邻的区域，中心芯区域，具有足够低于nCL的折射率nM的护城河区域，使得DELTAM <= -0.4％，以及环形区域。 由于环形区域在距离护城河区域的外边缘足够长的距离处呈现足够高的折射率，所以在低分散负值下，纤维可以表现出低的负色散斜率值，并表现出良好的弯曲损耗。 该环形区域还能够赋予纤维相当高的截止波长，使得本发明特别适用于L波段系统。 特别合适的纤维具有折射率分布，其中在护环和环区之间的转变处的环区的那部分具有折射率使得其δ值接近于零。 还公开了形成本发明的纤维的方法。

公开(公告)号：US06438999B1

公开(公告)日：2002-08-27

申请号：US09116095

申请日：1998-07-15

申请人： A. Joseph Antos ,  Cynthia B. Giroux ,  Timothy L. Hunt ,  Dale R. Powers ,  Christine L. Tennent ,  William A. Whedon

发明人： A. Joseph Antos ,  Cynthia B. Giroux ,  Timothy L. Hunt ,  Dale R. Powers ,  Christine L. Tennent ,  William A. Whedon

IPC分类号： C03B31027

CPC分类号： G02B6/4492 ,  C03B37/01446 ,  C03B2201/31 ,  C03C13/045 ,  G02B6/02 ,  G02B6/03622 ,  Y02P40/57

摘要： Disclosed is a method of making a hydrogen resistant optical waveguide fiber. The soot preform is heated and then immersed in a GeCl4 gas. A reduced metal species is thus incorporated into the glass soot prior to sintering or consolidation of the soot preform. A hydrogen absorption band around 1530 nm is substantially eliminated from waveguides made from a precursor gas treated preform.

摘要翻译： 公开了制造耐氢光导纤维的方法。 将烟灰预制件加热然后浸入GeCl 4气体中。 因此，在烧结或固结烟炱预制件之前，将还原的金属物质并入玻璃烟炱中。 从前体气体处理的预制件制成的波导基本上消除了大约1530nm的吸氢带。

公开(公告)号：US06687444B2

公开(公告)日：2004-02-03

申请号：US10174337

申请日：2002-06-17

申请人： A. Joseph Antos ,  Cynthia B. Giroux ,  Timothy L. Hunt ,  Dale R. Powers ,  Christine L. Tennent ,  William A. Whedon

发明人： A. Joseph Antos ,  Cynthia B. Giroux ,  Timothy L. Hunt ,  Dale R. Powers ,  Christine L. Tennent ,  William A. Whedon

IPC分类号： G02B600

CPC分类号： G02B6/4492 ,  C03B37/01446 ,  C03B2201/31 ,  C03C13/045 ,  G02B6/02 ,  G02B6/03622 ,  Y02P40/57

摘要： Disclosed is a method of making a hydrogen resistant optical waveguide fiber. The soot preform is heated and immersed in a metal halide gas. A reduced metal species is thus incorporated into the glass soot prior to sintering or consolidation of the soot preform. A hydrogen absorption band around 1530 nm is substantially eliminated from waveguides made from a precursor gas treated preform.

摘要翻译： 公开了制造耐氢光导纤维的方法。 烟炱预制件被加热并浸入金属卤化物气体中。 因此，在烧结或固结烟炱预制件之前，将还原的金属物质并入玻璃烟炱中。 从前体气体处理的预制件制成的波导基本上消除了大约1530nm的吸氢带。

公开(公告)号：US5078092A

公开(公告)日：1992-01-07

申请号：US456118

申请日：1989-12-22

申请人： A. Joseph Antos ,  Michael S. Dobbins ,  Victor E. Olson, III ,  Dale R. Powers ,  Francis W. Voorhees

发明人： A. Joseph Antos ,  Michael S. Dobbins ,  Victor E. Olson, III ,  Dale R. Powers ,  Francis W. Voorhees

IPC分类号： B01D1/22 ,  C03B37/014 ,  C03B37/018 ,  C23C14/24 ,  C23C16/44 ,  C23C16/448

CPC分类号： C03B37/01413 ,  C23C16/4402 ,  C23C16/4481 ,  C03B2201/42 ,  C03B2207/85 ,  C03B2207/88

摘要： A system for delivering a liquid reactant at high flow rates to an oxidation/flame hydrolysis glass soot deposition site. A first liquid only reactant is delivered to a flash vaporization chamber to form a thin film and mixed with oxygen after vaporization. Additional vaporized reactants are thereafter mixed with the vaporized first liquid prior to delivery to an oxidation/flame hydrolysis burner to form a glass soot outer cladding layer on a soot preform. The soot preform is subsequently fused to form a high quality glass blank for drawing into optical fiber.

公开(公告)号：US4639079A

公开(公告)日：1987-01-27

申请号：US776523

申请日：1985-10-28

申请人： Dale R. Powers

发明人： Dale R. Powers

IPC分类号： C03B37/014 ,  G02B6/22

CPC分类号： C03B37/014

摘要： A porous glass optical waveguide preform is formed by depositing a coating of glass particulate material on the lateral surface of a core which may be a porous glass body continuously produced by the axial deposition of glass particles. The core rotates and moves longitudinally in one direction with respect to two flame hydrolysis burners which emit streams of glass particles having different compositions. In addition, the two burners reciprocatingly move with respect to a portion of the length of the core. The speed of each burner varies as it traverses along its path of reciprocating motion. The thickness of the layer produced by a burner at a given point is inversely related to the speed of the burner as it passes that point. The layers formed by the completion of a single traverse by both burners combine to form a conically-shaped layer, the composition of which varies from the base toward the apex thereof. The conically-shaped layer, which are adjacently located longitudinally along the preform, combine to form a cylindrically-shaped portion of the preform.

摘要翻译： 通过在芯的侧表面上沉积玻璃颗粒材料的涂层来形成多孔玻璃光波导预制件，所述芯的侧表面可以是通过玻璃颗粒的轴向沉积连续产生的多孔玻璃体。 核心相对于发射具有不同组成的玻璃颗粒的两个火焰水解燃烧器在一个方向上纵向移动和纵向移动。 此外，两个燃烧器相对于芯的长度的一部分往复运动。 每个燃烧器的速度随着其往复运动的路径而变化。 燃烧器在给定点产生的层的厚度与通过该点时燃烧器的速度成反比。 通过由两个燃烧器完成单个横动而形成的层组合形成锥形层，其组成从基部向其顶点变化。 沿着预成型件纵向相邻定位的锥形层结合形成预成型件的圆柱形部分。