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
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;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19790593
