US4765815A
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Method for producing glass preform for optical fiber
Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd
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Filing: 1987-08-20
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Granted: 1988-08-23
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Expires: 2007-08-20
Abstract
Abstract A method for producing a glass preform for an optical fiber by means at least two burners, comprising jetting a glass raw material containing SiCl4 from the first center burner and a hydrogen-containing silicon compound with larger reaction heat than SiCl4 from at least one second burner, flame hydrolyzing the glas raw material to synthesizing fine glass particles, depositing the fine glass particles on a starting member to form a porous soot preform and heating and sintering the soot preform to obtain a transparent glass preform, by which a large preform is stably produced and a bulk density of the preform is easily controlled.
Inventors
- 👤 Toshio Danzuka
- 👤 Hiroshi Yokota
- 👤 Yoichi Ishiguro
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 09:59
CPC Classifications
C; C03; C03B; C03B37/00; C03B37/01; C03B37/012; C03B37/014; C03B37/018; C03B37/01413; C03B37/0142; C03B19/00; C03B19/14; C03B2201/00; C03B2201/06; C03B2201/08; C03B2207/00; C03B2207/04; C03B2207/06; C03B2207/20; C03B2207/30; C03B2207/50; Y; Y02; Y02P; Y02P40/00; Y02P40/50; Y02P40/57
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim
184 words
A method for producing a glass preform for an optical fiber having a core portion and a cladding portion by means of separate burners, said method comprising jetting a first component stream from a first burner, said first stream including a glass raw material consisting of SiCl 4 , and jetting a second component stream from a second burner, said second stream including a second glass raw material consisting of a compound or mixture of compounds selected from the group consisting of SiHCl 3 , SiH 2 Cl 2 , SiH 3 Cl and SiH 4 , flame hydrolyzing the glass raw materials to synthesize fine glass particles, depositing the fine glass particles onto a starting member having a longitudinal axis to form a porous soot preform, and heating and sintering the soot preform to obtain a transparent glass preform, wherein the first burner is used to form said core portion and said second burner is used to form said cladding portion, and said soot particles are deposited and grown in a direction parallel to the direction of the axis of said starting member.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
184 words
A method for producing a glass preform for an optical fiber having a core portion and a cladding portion by means of separate burners, said method comprising jetting a first component stream from a first burner, said first stream including a glass raw material consisting of SiCl 4 , and jetting a second component stream from a second burner, said second stream including a second glass raw material consisting of a compound or mixture of compounds selected from the group consisting of SiHCl 3 , SiH 2 Cl 2 , SiH 3 Cl and SiH 4 , flame hydrolyzing the glass raw materials to synthesize fine glass particles, depositing the fine glass particles onto a starting member having a longitudinal axis to form a porous soot preform, and heating and sintering the soot preform to obtain a transparent glass preform, wherein the first burner is used to form said core portion and said second burner is used to form said cladding portion, and said soot particles are deposited and grown in a direction parallel to the direction of the axis of said starting member.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
23 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein the core portion of the porous preform has a higher refractive index than the cladding portion.
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