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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2005
Filed:
May. 14, 2002
James P. Fazio, Concord, CA (US);
James D. Getty, Vacaville, CA (US);
Leslie D. Wood, Antioch, CA (US);
James P. Fazio, Concord, CA (US);
James D. Getty, Vacaville, CA (US);
Leslie D. Wood, Antioch, CA (US);
Nordson Corporation, Westlake, OH (US);
Abstract
Plasma processing system and methods for stripping the buffer and, optionally, removing the cladding from an optical fiber. The plasma processing system includes a holder capable of holding one or more optical fibers such that a mid-span portion of each optical fiber is exposed to a plasma generated within a processing chamber of the system and the ends of each optical fiber are unaffected by the plasma treatment. Tapered transition zones are created between the plasma-treated portion of the optical fiber and the shielded ends. Treatment may be accomplished using a plasma containing atomic and molecular radicals and ions of fluorine and oxygen.