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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2003
Reza Mossadegh, Alexandria, VA (US);
Brian Cole, Arlington, VA (US);
Pablo Pureza, Burke, VA (US);
Jasbinder Sanghera, Ashburn, VA (US);
Shyam Bayya, Ashburn, VA (US);
Ishwar Aggarwal, Fairfax Station, VA (US);
Reza Mossadegh, Alexandria, VA (US);
Brian Cole, Arlington, VA (US);
Pablo Pureza, Burke, VA (US);
Jasbinder Sanghera, Ashburn, VA (US);
Shyam Bayya, Ashburn, VA (US);
Ishwar Aggarwal, Fairfax Station, VA (US);
United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A process includes the steps of disposing a solid core glass rod at a point removed from hot temperature that can cause crystallization in the core glass rod, disposing a solid clad glass rod at a point removed from the core glass rod; softening to the flowing condition the solid clad glass rod, transferring the softened clad glass to a lower point, the softened clad glass having a central void therethrough, heating the softened clad glass above its crystallization temperature, cooling the softened clad glass to a draw temperature, transferring the solid core glass rod into the central void in the softened glad glass, softening to the flowing condition the solid core glass rod with the heat from the softened and cooled clad glass, and drawing the core/clad, glass fiber by allowing the clad and core glasses to flow in the form of a fiber.