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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2011
Nicholas D. Orf, Somerville, MA (US);
Sylvain Danto, Clemson, SC (US);
Ofer Shapira, Cambridge, MA (US);
Fabien Sorin, Paris, FR;
Yoel Fink, Brookline, MA (US);
John D. Joannopoulos, Belmont, MA (US);
Nicholas D. Orf, Somerville, MA (US);
Sylvain Danto, Clemson, SC (US);
Ofer Shapira, Cambridge, MA (US);
Fabien Sorin, Paris, FR;
Yoel Fink, Brookline, MA (US);
John D. Joannopoulos, Belmont, MA (US);
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
Fiber draw synthesis process. The process includes arranging reactants in the solid state in proximate domains within a fiber preform. The preform is fluidized at a temperature below the melting temperature of the reactants. The fluidized preform is drawn into a fiber thereby bringing the reagents in the proximate domains into intimate contact with one another resulting in a chemical reaction between the reactants thereby synthesizing a compound within the fiber. The reactants may be dissolved or mixed in a host material within the preform. In a preferred embodiment, the reactants are selenium and zinc.