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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2003
Applicants:
Dahv A. V. Kliner, San Ramon, CA (US);
Jeffery P. Koplow, Washington, DC (US);
Inventors:
Dahv A. V. Kliner, San Ramon, CA (US);
Jeffery P. Koplow, Washington, DC (US);
Assignee:
Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B006/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides a simple method for fabricating fiber-optic glass preforms having complex refractive index configurations and/or dopant distributions in a radial direction with a high degree of accuracy and precision. The method teaches bundling together a plurality of glass rods of specific physical, chemical, or optical properties and wherein the rod bundle is fused in a manner that maintains the cross-sectional composition and refractive-index profiles established by the position of the rods.