Abstract:
A method of manufacturing an optical fibre preform comprising: providing a glass core rod comprising a central core region of radius a and an inner clad region of external radius b to define a first core-to-clad ratio a/b; forming an intermediate glass preform comprising an intermediate clad region surrounding the inner clad region of the glass rod and having an external radius c to define a second core-to-clad ratio a/c, and overcladding the intermediate glass preform by forming an overclad region surrounding the intermediate clad region to form an optical fibre preform, wherein the first core-to-clad ratio a/b is equal to or less than 0.40 and the second core-to-clad ratio a/c is of from 0.20 to 0.25.
Abstract:
A method for detecting faulty laying down of an optical cable exhibiting a measured cut-off wavelength is described. The method comprises: providing an optical cable for transmitting optical signals including at least one single-mode optical fibre having an attenuation equal to or larger than a first threshold value as measured when wound for one turn around a bending radius equal to or smaller than 5 mm at at least one predetermined test wavelength, the test wavelength being smaller than the measured cut-off wavelength, and an attenuation smaller than a second threshold value as measured when wound for one turn around a bending radius equal to at least a minimum bending radius at an operative wavelength equal to or larger than the measured cut-off wavelength; laying the optical cable, and measuring the attenuation in the at least one optical fibre at the predetermined test wavelength. An optical cable is also described which exhibits single-mode transmission and is bend- insensitive at wavelengths equal to or higher than a measured cut-off wavelength after propagation over a cable length. Preferably, the measured cut-off wavelength is 1260 nm. The optical cable comprises at least one optical fibre that is bend sensitive at a predetermined test wavelength not larger than the measured cut-off wavelength and is bend insensitive at an operative wavelength larger than the measured cut-off wavelength, where the cable operates in single-mode regime.
Abstract:
Telecommunication cable comprising at least one microstructured optical fibre comprising a core region and a cladding region surrounding the core region, the cladding region comprising an annular void-containing region comprised of randomly arranged voids, the core region including doped silica to provide a positive refractive index relative to pure silica; and at least one protecting layer provided around said optical fibre, the protecting layer being made of a polymeric material having a low ultimate elongation.
Abstract:
A method of manufacturing at least one optical fibre preform comprising: providing a plurality of partially porous intermediate preforms, each partially porous intermediate preform having a longitudinal axis and comprising a respective soot intermediate clad layer formed around a respective glass core rod comprising a central core region of radius a and an inner clad region of radius b to define a first core-to-clad ratio a/b; consolidating the formed soot intermediate clad layers to form a respective plurality of intermediate glass preforms, each of the plurality of intermediate glass preforms comprising an intermediate clad region having an external radius c to define a second core-to-clad ratio a/c of from 0.20 to 0.30, and overcladding at least one intermediate glass preform by forming an overclad region surrounding the intermediate clad region to form an optical fibre glass preform, wherein consolidating comprises exposing the plurality of intermediate preforms to a consolidation hot zone of a single furnace body while rotating each of the intermediate preforms about its respective longitudinal axis.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a single-mode optical fibre for transmitting optical signals comprising: a central core region for guiding the optical signals, and a cladding region surrounding the core region and comprising a void-containing annular layer containing randomly distributed voids, wherein the void-containing layer is doped with fluorine at a concentration of less than 1 wt% and has a radial thickness equal to or smaller than 3 μm.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a manufacturing process of a microstructured optical fibre comprising a void-containing region, the process comprising the steps of: drawing a microstructured optical fibre along a longitudinal direction from a heated preform, wherein the optical fibre is continuously advanced along the longitudinal direction; directing a radiation beam at a longitudinal position in the longitudinal direction of the optical fibre so as to produce an interference pattern; detecting the interference pattern and producing at least one electrical detection signal corresponding to the interference pattern and comprising a plurality of signal fringe cycles; feeding the first detection signal into a first counter circuit; determining a first number of interference fringe increments N A in the plurality of signal wave fringe cycles of the at least one detection signal by using the first counter circuit; determining the outer diameter d of the optical fibre, and controlling the microstructure of the optical fibre during advancement of the optical fibre, wherein the step of controlling comprises at least one step selected from: (a) controlling that the first number of interference fringe increments N A is comprised within a reference number range of reference numbers of interference fringe increments N A t , the reference numbers N A t being smaller than a second number of interference fringe increments N D related to the outer diameter d of the microstructured optical fibre by a conversion factor K, and (b) calculating a microstructure length value d A by multiplying the first number of interference fringe increments N A by a conversion factor K and controlling that the value of the microstructure length value d A is comprised within a reference length range of reference microstructure length values d A t , the reference microstructure length values being smaller than the outer diameter d of the microstructured optical fibre.
Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a glass core preform for an optical fibre comprising: providing a porous soot core preform having an outer surface and a central hole extending axially therethrough; dehydrating the porous soot core preform at a first temperature by exposing the outer surface of the preform to an atmosphere containing chlorine, and simultaneously consolidating the soot core preform and closing the central hole at a second temperature higher than the first temperature to form a glass core preform, wherein consolidating and closing comprises sequentially alternating flowing chlorine containing gas into the central hole and reducing the internal pressure of the central hole.