Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC

Robert Mellors

Michael Joseph Messerly

Nick Schenkel

Selim Elhadj

Nicholas P Calta

Cody Wren Mart

Charles Xiao Yu

Andrew Lange

A method is disclosed of making a coated optical fiber. The method may involve drawing a preform through a furnace to create a fiber having a desired diameter and cross sectional shape. The fiber is then drawn through a slurry, wherein the slurry includes elements including at least one of metallic elements, alloy elements or dielectric elements, and the slurry wets an outer surface of the fiber. As the fiber is drawn through the slurry, it is then drawn through a forming die to impart a wet coating having a desired thickness on an outer surface of the fiber. The wet fiber is then drawn through an oven or ovens configured to heat the wet coating sufficiently to produce a consolidated surface coating on the fiber as the fiber exits the oven or ovens.

Coated optical fiber and method of making same

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Livermore, CA, United States of America

Robert Mellors