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Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 1990

Filed:

Feb. 23, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:

Richard T Newbould, Harlow, GB;

Susan J Piggs, Bishops Stortford, GB;

Stephen J Wilson, Duxford, GB;

Assignee:

STC, plc, London, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
65-312 ; 65 182 ; 65 183 ; 65 301 ; 65900 ; 65-32 ; 65-311 ; 427163 ;
Abstract

In order to eliminate the effect of water attack on silica optical fibres, the fibres are provided with a surface layer of silicon nitride or silicon oxynitride. The method proposed comprises direct nitridation. This may be achieved by adding a nitriding atmosphere to the drawing furnace gases, or to the reactive gases (TiCl.sub.4 and SiCl.sub.4) incorporated in the flame of an oxyhydrogen torch for the formation of a compressive silica/titania layer on an optical fibre by a glass soot deposition and sintering process.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Newbould, Richard. (1990). Method of manufacturing optical fibers (U.S. Patent No. 4911742). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/4911742

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