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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2014
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
James Gary Anderson, Dundee, NY (US);
Dana Craig Bookbinder, Corning, NY (US);
Lisa Carine Chacon, Oakland, CA (US);
Calvin Thomas Coffey, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
Adam James Ellison, Corning, NY (US);
Gregory Gerard Gausman, Wilmington, NC (US);
Rostislav Radiyevich Khrapko, Corning, NY (US);
Stephan Lvovich Logunov, Corning, NY (US);
Michael Thomas Murtagh, Long Grove, IL (US);
Clinton Damon Osterhout, Beaver Dams, NY (US);
Sabyasachi Sen, Davis, CA (US);
William Anthony Whedon, Corning, NY (US);
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is an optical fiber having a core with an alkali metal oxide dopant in an peak amount greater than about 0.002 wt. % and less than about 0.1 wt. %. The alkali metal oxide concentration varies with a radius of the optical fiber. By appropriately selecting the concentration of alkali metal oxide dopant in the core and the cladding, a low loss optical fiber may be obtained. Also disclosed are several methods of making the optical fiber including the steps of forming an alkali metal oxide-doped rod, and adding additional glass to form a draw perform. Preferably, the draw preform has a final outer dimension (d), wherein an outer dimension (d) of the rod is less than or equal to 0.06 times the final outer dimension (d). In a preferred embodiment, the alkali metal oxide-doped rod is inserted into the centerline hole of a preform to form an assembly.