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Method of manufacturing glass for optical waveguide
Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd
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Filing: 1977-06-13
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Granted: 1979-01-23
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Expires: 1997-06-13
Abstract
Abstract A method of manufacturing glass rod for optical waveguides is proposed. In this method, several gaseous mixtures or powdery mixtures of materials for glass forming are reacted at a high temperature and deposited on the top or end of a rotating glass rod which is initially deposited on a rotating base plate and grown in the form of a rod of a fixed powdery or vitreous state. It is possible to obtain the glass rod having a predetermined radial distribution of index of refraction.
Inventors
- 👤 Kunio Fujiwara
- 👤 Gotaro Tanaka
- 👤 Shiro Kurosaki
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 23:56
CPC Classifications
C; C03; C03B; C03B37/00; C03B37/01; C03B37/012; C03B37/0128; C03B37/01291; C03B37/01294; C03B37/014; C03B37/01413; C03B37/0142; C03B37/01426; C03B2201/00; C03B2201/06; C03B2201/30; C03B2201/31; C03B2201/32; C03B2203/00; C03B2203/10; C03B2203/22; C03B2203/26; C03B2207/00; C03B2207/04; C03B2207/06; C03B2207/46; C03B2207/50
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
143 words
The method of manufacturing a glass rod with a radially varying refractive index comprising the steps of respectively directing a plurality of streams of glass forming compounds onto a rotating base with said streams positioned at different adjacent radial positions with respect to the central axis of rotation of the base, said glass forming compound streams having predetermined refractive index glass forming compositions, rotating the base about the axis of rotation, heating and oxidizing said streams at a temperature sufficiently high to form a conversion thereof to glass, and continually depositing said glass on said rotating base while retracting said base away from said streams to thereby axially build up a glass rod deposit having a refractive index which varies radially in accordance with the predetermined composition of each respective radially positioned stream and having an axis common to said axis of rotation.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
143 words
The method of manufacturing a glass rod with a radially varying refractive index comprising the steps of respectively directing a plurality of streams of glass forming compounds onto a rotating base with said streams positioned at different adjacent radial positions with respect to the central axis of rotation of the base, said glass forming compound streams having predetermined refractive index glass forming compositions, rotating the base about the axis of rotation, heating and oxidizing said streams at a temperature sufficiently high to form a conversion thereof to glass, and continually depositing said glass on said rotating base while retracting said base away from said streams to thereby axially build up a glass rod deposit having a refractive index which varies radially in accordance with the predetermined composition of each respective radially positioned stream and having an axis common to said axis of rotation.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the glass forming material is a gaseous mixture which is convertible into glass at high temperatures.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
20 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said glass forming material is a powdery mixture convertible into glass at high temperatures.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the glass deposited on said base surface is in a vitreous state.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said glass deposited on said base surface is in a powdery state.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said streams are supplied through a respective plurality of nozzles.
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