Polarization plane maintaining optical fiber fabricating method

An optical fiber having an intense polarization plane maintenability is constructed of an optical waveguide having a circular core and a circular cladding, a jacket formed on the outer circumference of the optical waveguide and having an elliptical outer circumference, and a supporting portion forme...

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Main Authors MATSUMURA; HIROYOSHI, SUGANUMA; TSUNEO, KATSUYAMA; TOSHIO
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 09.05.1989
Subjects
CHEMISTRY
GLASS
MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
METALLURGY
MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS
OPTICS
PHYSICS
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Summary:An optical fiber having an intense polarization plane maintenability is constructed of an optical waveguide having a circular core and a circular cladding, a jacket formed on the outer circumference of the optical waveguide and having an elliptical outer circumference, and a supporting portion formed on the jacket. In order to fabricate the above-specified optical fiber, a preformed rod therefor is prepared by forming the inner wall of an silica glass tube with the jacket and the optical waveguide made of such materials as satisfy a relationship of c2/a>/=200/(100- gamma )-1, wherein: letter gamma stands for the ellipticity of the outer circumference of the aforementioned jacket; letter c2 stands for the minor axis of an ellipse; and letter a stands for the radius of the circular optical waveguide, and by subsequently collapsing the aforementioned silica glass tube while having its internal pressure made lower than the atmospheric pressure by 1 to 20 mmH2O.
Bibliography:Application Number: US19860883456