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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 1990
Filed:
Nov. 03, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Pietro Di Vita, Turin, IT;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B / ; C03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
65-2 ; 65-311 ;
Abstract
A silica glass optical fiber is subjected to an external strain which causes vitreous matrix atoms to stabilize in a lower energy condition. In this way inhomogeneity domain sizes and as a consequence the attenuation due to Rayleigh scattering, depending on such inhomogeneity, are reduced.