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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 23, 1994
Hiroo Kanamori, Yokohama, JP;
Akira Urano, Yokohama, JP;
Haruhiko Aikawa, Yokohama, JP;
Shinji Ishikawa, Yokohama, JP;
Chisai Hirose, Yokohama, JP;
Masahide Saito, Yokohama, JP;
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A process for forming film structure using Flame Hydrolysis Deposition (FHD) in which (1) glass soot is deposited on a substrate via FHD to form a first porous vitreous layer having a first bulk density, (2) a second porous vitreous layer having a second bulk density that is larger than the first bulk density is formed from a portion of the first porous vitreous layer, and (3) a third porous vitreous layer having a third bulk density is formed by depositing glass soot containing a refractive index increasing dopant on the second porous vitreous layer by FHD. The first, second and third porous vitreous layers are then heated to form an undercladding layer and a core layer, the undercladding layer being formed from the first and second porous vitreous layers and the core layer being formed from the third porous vitreous layer.