摘要:
In the interest of producing high-strength splice connections between silica-based glass fibers a method of using a tri-particle flow of gases for flame fusion is disclosed. An outer relatively high-velocity flow of oxygen surrounds an intermediate, lower-velocity flow of chlorine or oxygen which in turn surrounds a central flow of H.sub.2, D.sub.2, NH.sub.3, or ND.sub.3.Particularly high strengths are achieved when a central flow of hydrogen or deuterium and an intermediate flow of chlorine are used in such a fashion as to heat fiber ends to be spliced to temperatures of 500 degrees C. and beyond only after these ends have been enveloped by chlorine.
摘要:
An optical fiber for maximizing residual mechanical stress and an optical fiber grating fabricating method using the optical fiber are provided. The optical fiber includes a core formed of silica, for propagating light, and a cladding formed of boron-doped silica, surrounding the core. Alternatively, the optical fiber includes a core formed of phosphorous-doped silica and a cladding formed of silica, surrounding the core.
摘要:
An erbium-doped optical fiber (EDF) and a fabricating method thereof The erbium-doped optical fiber has a core formed by substantially doping silica with erbium and having gratings formed therein at a predetermined period, for propagating light therethrough, and a cladding surrounding the core and having a lower refractive index than the core. Since the erbium-doped optical fiber acts as a gain flattening filter, an erbium-doped fiber amplifier formed out of the erbium-doped optical fiber obviates the need of splicing an erbium-doped optical fiber with a gain flattening filter.
摘要:
There is provided an apparatus and method for fabricating a holey optical fiber. An optical fiber with air holes of a predetermined size and shape along the length of the optical fiber is drawn by supplying nitrogen gas into air holes through one end of a holey optical fiber preform while heating the other end of the preform.
摘要:
There is provided a dispersion-managed fiber preform and a fabricating method thereof preform by modified chemical vapor deposition (MCVD). A core and a clad having the refractive index distribution of an optical fiber with a positive dispersion value are uniformly deposited in a glass tube. The preform with the positive dispersion value is heated at every predetermined period with a torch and the heated preform portions are etched to have a negative dispersion value. Then, the preform alternately having positions with the positive dispersion value and positions with the negative dispersion value along the length direction is collapsed.
摘要:
A cooler of an optical fiber draw tower, situated below a melting furnace for melting a preform for an optical fiber, for cooling the optical fiber drawn from the preform melted in the melting furnace, includes at least one heat exchanger installed with a predetermined length surrounding the optical fiber drawn from the melting furnace, for cooling the drawn optical fiber. The heat exchanger is formed of a thermoelectric cooler (TEC) for taking electrical energy through one heat absorbing surface to emit heat to the other heat emitting surface and has a tubular shape in which the heat absorbing surface of the TEC surrounds the optical fiber drawn from the melting furnace along the drawing direction by a predetermined length, and the drawn optical fiber is cooled as it passes through the tubular TEC. Also, the cooler further includes an auxiliary cooler attached to the heat emitting surface of the TEC, for cooling the emitted heat. Therefore, the cooler can enhance the cooling effect, so that the drawing of the optical fiber can be sped up without increasing the height of the optical fiber draw tower.
摘要:
A single mode lightguide fiber having a trapezoidal shaped refractive index profile. In a particular embodiment the ratio of the upper base to the lower base is less than 0.3.
摘要:
There is provided an apparatus and method for fabricating a holey optical fiber. An optical fiber with air holes of a predetermined size and shape along the length of the optical fiber is drawn by supplying nitrogen gas into air holes through one end of a holey optical fiber preform while heating the other end of the preform.
摘要:
An optical fiber for maximizing residual mechanical stress and an optical fiber grating fabricating method using the optical fiber are provided. The optical fiber includes a core formed of silica, for propagating light, and a cladding formed of boron-doped silica, surrounding the core. Alternatively, the optical fiber includes a core formed of phosphorous-doped silica and a cladding formed of silica, surrounding the core.
摘要:
Disclosed is an apparatus for measuring a residual stress and a photoelastic effect of an optical fiber, which includes: a light source; a rotary type optical diffuser distanced from the light source in a predetermined distance for suppressing the spatial coherence of a light radiated in the light source; an optical condenser for condensing the radiated light passed through the optical diffuser into a spot where the optical fiber is located; a polarizer for polarizing the light passed through the optical condenser into a 45° linear polarized light from an axis of the optical fiber; a polarization analyzer, installed at 90° angle with respect to the polariscope and attached closely with the optical fiber, to prevent the penetration by the background image of the optical fiber; an optical fiber strain unit including a strain sensor for straining the optical fiber on the polarization analyzer toward a longitudinal direction and measuring the strain on the optical fiber; an object lens for magnifying the image of the light penetrated through the optical fiber; and a charge coupled device(CCD) array for measuring the penetration variation of the optical fiber caused from the strain caused by the optical fiber strain unit over the optical fiber.