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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 15, 1997
Mitsunobu Miyagi, Taihaku-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Yuji Kato, Miyagi-Ken, JP;
Akihito Hongo, Ibaraki-Ken, JP;
Yoshihide Okagami, Kyoto-Fu, JP;
Abstract
A polyimide resin layer is formed on an inner surface of a metal pipe or a non-metallic pipe having a metal thin film on an inner surface to provide an optical hollow waveguide. The polyimide resin layer is transparent relative to a wavelength band of a laser light transmitted through the optical hollow waveguide. The optical hollow waveguide is fabricated by supplying solution of polyimide precursor to a hollow internal of the metal pipe or the non-metallic pipe, and heating and drying the solution to provide a polyimide resin layer. The solution-supplying step and the solution-heating and drying step are repeated to increase a thickness of the polyimide resin layer up to a predetermined value.