OPTICAL FIBERS AND PRODUCTION METHODS THEREFOR

• Main Authors: ABDOLVAND, Amir, VAN LEEUWEN, Robbert, Edgar
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 01.09.2021
• Subjects: APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED THEREFOR; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF GLASSES, GLAZES, OR VITREOUSENAMELS; CHEMISTRY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ELECTROGRAPHY; GLASS; HOLOGRAPHY; JOINING GLASS TO GLASS OR OTHER MATERIALS; MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES; MATERIALS THEREFOR; METALLURGY; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL; ORIGINALS THEREFOR; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHOTOMECHANICAL PRODUCTION OF TEXTURED OR PATTERNED SURFACES,e.g. FOR PRINTING, FOR PROCESSING OF SEMICONDUCTORDEVICES; PHYSICS; SURFACE TREATMENT OF FIBRES OR FILAMENTS MADE FROM GLASS,MINERALS OR SLAGS; SURFACE TREATMENT OF GLASS

An optical fiber, manufacturing intermediate for forming an optical fiber and a method for forming an optical fiber. The method includes providing a manufacturing intermediate having an elongate body and having an aperture extending through the elongate body along an axial dimension of the elongate body, a boundary of the aperture defining an internal surface of the manufacturing intermediate. The method further includes etching the internal surface of the manufacturing intermediate using an etching substance, and drawing the manufacturing intermediate along the axial dimension so as to form the optical fiber.