Abstract:
Heat transfer fluid mixtures and methods fo making and using same are presented. The inventive heat transfer fluid mixtures consist essentially of a light gas and at least one heavy fluid, which may be adjusted between a first composition having a high head transfer coefficient and high cost, and a second compositon having a lower cost. The heavy gas can be selected from teh group consisting of nitrogen, argon, carbon dioxide, and mixtures thereof, and the light gas can be selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, helium and any mixture thereof, the light gas having a concentration ranging from about 20 mole % to about 99 mole %. Method of colling or heating an item comprising the step of directly and/or indirectly contacting the item with the mixture of the invention, preferably the item to be cooled is an cylindrical optical fiber, which traverses through a substantially confined space, preferably the confined space is an heat exchanger.
Abstract:
A single plasma burner (4a) deposits soot material on multiple rotating parallel targets (2a, 2b, 2c). All of the targets are grown simultaneously. The result is multiple preforms for optical fibers.
Abstract:
An optical fiber for transmitting ultraviolet ray, comprising a core (5) formed of a silica glass containing a specified amount of fluorine and a clad (6a) formed of a silica glass containing a specified amount of fluorine or boron, a clad (6b) using an ultraviolet ray transmitting resin, or a clad (6c) having hollow holes (H), a protective layer installed on the outer periphery of the clad, and a protective layer covering layer further installed on the protective layer, wherein hydrogen treatment is applied to the core, clad, and protective layer so that the core, clad, and protective cover are not deteriorated, particularly, by the radiation of ultraviolet ray with high transmittance, whereby first the transmittance of ultraviolet ray of the optical fiber can be increased and the deterioration of the optical fiber by the radiation of ultraviolet ray thereon can be eliminated and second vacuum ultraviolet ray and deep ultraviolet ray can be propagated with a high transmittance, the deterioration by the radiation of ultraviolet ray thereon can be reduced, and a prescribed sharp part can be formed at the tip part of the optical fiber by etching; an optical fiber probe (1), comprising a sharp part (3) formed by sharpening the tip part of the optical fiber (2) with etchant and a metallic film (4) for light shielding formed on the outer peripheral surface of the sharp part (3).
Abstract:
A method an apparatus for continuously producing optical waveguide fiber and preforms. A continuous supply of core cane is provided to a walled deposition chamber upon which glass soot is deposited to form a soot preform. The preform is passed through an aligned drying, consolidation and draw chambers from which an optical fiber may be drawn. In one embodiment, a plurality of burners are positioned at different radial distances from a longitudinal axis of the cane in the deposition chamber. One or more environmental seal(s) are provided to prevent process gasses or contaminants from flowing into or between the chambers.
Abstract:
The invention concerns a method and an installation for purifying impure helium (10). Said method consists in subjecting the helium to at least two successive steps: (a) cryogenic refrigeration (1) of impure helium so as to eliminate by condensation at least part of the main impurities it contains and recuperating helium with intermediate purity containing residual impurities; and (b) permeation (2) of at least part of the helium with intermediate purity derived form step (a) so as to eliminate at least part of said residual impurities and recuperating helium with final purity higher than said intermediate purity. Said method and said installation are useful for purifying impure helium (10) recuperated at the output of a chamber for cooling (26) optical fibre (27), prior to the reintroduction of the resulting purified helium into said chamber so as to recycle the helium.
Abstract:
A method for determining at least one parameter of a periodic spin function alpha (z) with period p, to be applied to an optical fibre along its length z during a drawing process, comprises selecting said at least one parameter so that (I) where epsilon 1 is about 0.05 and gamma 1 is the first of the three components y1(z), y2(z), y3(z) of a periodic function y(z) of period p such that (II) where LB is an expected beat length of said optical fibre and alpha (z) is the derivative of the spin function alpha (z) with respect to the length z. The method is effective for substantially reducing the PMD of optical fibres drawn while applying a spin function as determined above.
Abstract:
This invention is directed to a process for recovering helium. The process comprises a) passing a first gas containing helium (10) to an eductor (26) to produce a second gas (28); b) passing the second gas (28) through a heat exchanger (40) to produce a third gas (42); c) recovering the third gas (42) into the eductor (26) to combine with the first gas (10).
Abstract:
An optical fiber (10) having section (A) of first kind where the chromatic dispersion in a predetermined wavelength band is greater than a predetermined positive value x and the chromatic dispersion slope is negative and section (B) of second kind where the chromatic dispersion in the same wavelength band is smaller than -x and the chromatic dispersion slope is positive, or an optical fiber where the chromatic dispersion in a predetermined wavelength band is greater than the predetermined positive value x and the chromatic dispersion slope is negative.
Abstract:
A method for making a glass ceramic, optoelectronic material such as a clad optical fiber or other component for use in an optoelectronic device. The method comprises preparing a glass composition batch to yield a precursor glass for a nanocrystalline glass-ceramic that is doped with at least one kind of optically active ion, such as a transition metal or lanthanide element; melting the batch; forming a glass cane; surrounding the cane with a chemically inert cladding material shaped in the form of a tube; drawing a glass fiber from the combined precursor-glass "cane-in-tube" at a temperature slightly above the liquidus of the precursor glass composition, and heat treating at least a portion of the drawn clad glass fiber under conditions to develop nanocrystals within the core composition and thereby forming a glass ceramic.
Abstract:
An optical fiber (10) made with a central core (12), a first cladding layer (16), and a second cladding layer (18) having a series of perturbations or irregularities formed into the otherwise generally circular outer boundary of the first cladding layer (16). The irregularities in the first cladding layer (16) interrupt the propagation of skew rays and encourage coupling into the core (12). An intermediate cladding (14) may be provided between core and first cladding layer (16). A method of fabricatiNG the optical fiber is also disclosed, comprising, drilling a plurality of holes within the first cladding forming material and at the boundary thereof with the material forming the second cladding layer, drilling a central hole and inserting a preform core rod into said central hole. Drawing integrates the rod and drilled rod and the plurality of holes are collaped, so forming an irregular, quasi-circular boundary between first and second cladding forming layers in the drawn fiber.