Corning Incorporated

Elizabeth A Boylan

Pushkar Tandon

Heather Debra Boek

William Paul Ryszytiwskyj

Pascale Laborde

Gary L Lewis

Haibo Huang

A method and apparatus for the flame hydrolysis deposition (FHD) of a core material on a substrate provides a holder for a substrate which is heated to a predetermined temperature selected to maintain the substrate temperature relatively constant during the FHD process. As a result, the thickness of a thin film applied to the substrate is relatively uniform as is the index of refraction of the core material deposited on the substrate. In one embodiment, a chuck for receiving a disk-shaped substrate wafer is supplied with an embedded electrical heater for maintaining the chuck temperature at from about 700&deg; C. to about 900&deg; C. In another embodiment, a gas heater positioned on a side of the chuck opposite the wafer mounting is provided to heat the chuck at substantially the same temperature. In either embodiment, a chuck is rotated with respect to a line-flame burner which introduces a vaporized mixture of organometallic material into the line-flame burner for depositing a thin film of from about 5 to 6.5 microns of doped glass on the wafer substrate.

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Big Flats, NY, United States of America

Elizabeth A Boylan