Glass manufacturing – Processes – Forming product or preform from molten glass
Patent
1983-02-25
1985-05-07
Smith, William
Glass manufacturing
Processes
Forming product or preform from molten glass
65 301, 65 3013, C03B 2000
Patent
active
045156123
ABSTRACT:
A method for manufacturing silica-based optical fiber, and for manufacturing optical fiber preforms, the method comprising deuterium/hydrogen exchange in the silica-based material carried out subsequent to formation of the silica.
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Burrus, Jr. Charles A.
Stone Julian
AT&T Bell Laboratories
Boyer Michael K.
Pacher Eugene E.
Smith William
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