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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2024
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Steven Treavis Arndt, Mint Hill, NC (US);
Raymond David Groh, Wilmington, NC (US);
Ashley Anne Holman, Leland, NC (US);
Spencer Thomas Kingsbury, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
CORNING INCORPORATED, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of manufacturing including: (a) a first vapor deposition step comprising vapor depositing a first porous glass body of a glass former and a doping constituent onto a substrate; (b) a cleaning step after the first vapor deposition step, the cleaning step comprising exposing the first porous glass body to a cleaning gas at a cleaning temperature for a cleaning period of time, the cleaning gas (i) removing a metal or metal oxide from the first porous glass body, (ii) changing an oxidation state of a metal or metal oxide within the first porous glass body, or (iii) a combination of (i) and (ii); and (c) a second vapor deposition step after the cleaning step, the second vapor deposition step comprising vapor depositing a second porous glass body of the glass former onto the first porous glass body resulting in a porous preform for an optical fiber.
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