METHOD FOR MAKING OPTICAL FIBERS HAVING CORES WITH NON CIRCULAR CROSS SECTIONS

• Main Author: GERALD E. BURKE
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: 06.08.2002
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: CHEMISTRY; GLASS; MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES; METALLURGY; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL; OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS; OPTICS; PHYSICS

An optical fiber with a core of non circular cross section is realized by a method including the steps of creating a void having the desired cross section in a preform housing and filling the void with an optical material. This structure is then collapsed to solidify it and drawn to desired dimensio...