DocumentCode
1019007
Title
Simultaneous dehydration with consolidation for v.a.d. method
Author
Chida, K. ; Hanawa, F. ; Nakahara, M. ; Inagaki, N.
Author_Institution
NTT Ibaraki Electrical Communication Laboratory, Tokai, Japan
Volume
15
Issue
25
fYear
1979
Firstpage
835
Lastpage
836
Abstract
A technique has been developed for simultaneously dehydrating and consolidating preforms prepared by the v.a.d. method of optical-fibre fabrication. The residual OH content has been reduced to 0.03 p.p.m. By controlling the dehydration process, no depletion of GeO2 has been observed.
Keywords
chemical vapour deposition; optical fibres; GeO2 depletion; consolidation; optical fibre fabrication; porous preforms; simultaneous dehydration; soot deposition; vapour phase axial deposition;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19790593
Filename
4256155
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