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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2010
Applicants:
Philip St. John Russell, Bath, GB;
Brian Joseph Mangan, Bath, GB;
Jonathan Cave Knight, Bath, GB;
Ian Patrick Kilbride, Wittshire, GB;
Timothy Adam Birks, Bath, GB;
Inventors:
Philip St. John Russell, Bath, GB;
Brian Joseph Mangan, Bath, GB;
Jonathan Cave Knight, Bath, GB;
Ian Patrick Kilbride, Wittshire, GB;
Timothy Adam Birks, Bath, GB;
Assignee:
NKT Photonics A/S, Birkerod, DK;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B 37/022 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of manufacturing a microstructured fiber, includes: providing a preform having a plurality of elongate holes; mating at least one, but not all, of the holes with a connector to connect the hole(s) to an external pressure-controller; drawing the preform into the fiber while controlling gas pressure in the hole(s) connected to the pressure-controller.