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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2022
Filed:
May. 31, 2019
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Ming-Jun Li, Horseheads, NY (US);
Jeffery Scott Stone, Addison, NY (US);
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
According to embodiments, a method of making a micro structured glass articleincludes bundling M bare optical fibers in a fiber bundle, wherein M is an integer greater than 100. Thereafter, the fiber bundle may be inserted in a cavity of a soot preform. The soot preform may have a density of less than or equal to 1.5 g/cm3 and comprise silica-based glass soot. The soot preform and inserted fiber bundle may then be consolidated to form a microstructured glass article preform. The micro structured glass article preform may then be drawn into the microstructured glass articlecomprising M core elementsembedded in a cladding matrix