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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 1989
Filed:
Mar. 20, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Benjamin J Ainslie, Ipswich, GB;
Susan P Craig, Ipswich, GB;
Assignee:
British Telecommunications plc, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
65-312 ; 65 182 ; 427163 ;
Abstract
Rare earth elements, e.g. Nd, are introduced into optical glass fibre for telecommunications by evaporating a suitable salt, e.g. NdCl.sub.3, from a glass sponge into the gas stream used to deposit core material. Preferred sponges are in the form of tubes having an outer impervious layer and an inner porous layer. These sponges are conveniently made by MCVD and the impregnation is preferably carried out using an alcoholic solution of the impregnant.