Corning Incorporated

Yuanjie Jiang

Ming-Jun Li

Dale Robert Powers

Kenneth Edward Hrdina

Joel P Carberry

Nikolaos Pantelis Kladias

Chunfeng Zhou

Barada Kanta Nayak

Christopher Scott Thomas

Steven Akin Dunwoody

David Alan Deneka

John Michael Jewell

Ravindra Kumar Akarapu

Vincent Matteo Tagliamonti

In some embodiments, a method for processing an optical fiber includes: drawing an optical fiber through a draw furnace, conveying the optical fiber through a flame reheating device downstream from the draw furnace, wherein the flame reheating device comprises one or more burners each comprising: a body having a top surface and an opposing bottom surface, an opening within the body extending from the top surface through the body to the bottom surface, wherein the optical fiber passes through the opening, and one or more gas outlets within the body; and igniting a flammable gas provided by the one or more gas outlets to form a flame encircling the optical fiber passing through the opening, wherein the flame heats the optical fiber by at least 100 degrees Celsius at a heating rate exceeding 10,000 degrees Celsius/second.

Methods and systems for processing optical fiber

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Painted Post, NY, United States of America

Yuanjie Jiang