WO2004000741A1 - Enceinte reactionnelle et procede pour la préparation de preformes pour fibres optiques - Google Patents
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- WO2004000741A1 WO2004000741A1 PCT/EP2003/050223 EP0350223W WO2004000741A1 WO 2004000741 A1 WO2004000741 A1 WO 2004000741A1 EP 0350223 W EP0350223 W EP 0350223W WO 2004000741 A1 WO2004000741 A1 WO 2004000741A1
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C03—GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
- C03B—MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
- C03B37/00—Manufacture or treatment of flakes, fibres, or filaments from softened glass, minerals, or slags
- C03B37/01—Manufacture of glass fibres or filaments
- C03B37/012—Manufacture of preforms for drawing fibres or filaments
- C03B37/01265—Manufacture of preforms for drawing fibres or filaments starting entirely or partially from molten glass, e.g. by dipping a preform in a melt
- C03B37/01268—Manufacture of preforms for drawing fibres or filaments starting entirely or partially from molten glass, e.g. by dipping a preform in a melt by casting
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C03—GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
- C03B—MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
- C03B19/00—Other methods of shaping glass
- C03B19/02—Other methods of shaping glass by casting molten glass, e.g. injection moulding
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C03—GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
- C03B—MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
- C03B2201/00—Type of glass produced
- C03B2201/80—Non-oxide glasses or glass-type compositions
- C03B2201/86—Chalcogenide glasses, i.e. S, Se or Te glasses
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- the subject of the present invention is a reaction enclosure which in particular makes it possible to manufacture a preform for double index optical fibers.
- double index optical fibers can be obtained in particular from a preformed preform.
- This preform consists of two glasses: a heart glass, and a cladding glass whose refractive index is lower than that of the heart glass.
- a glass of molten sheath is poured into a cylindrical mold which is quickly inverted so as to obtain a tube in which the glass of molten core is poured. It is also possible to pour the sheath glass around a core glass rod (method called “clad over core”). Other techniques proceed by suction at the lower end of the mold.
- a core glass injection technique (“CIT”, for “Core Injection Technique”
- CIT Core Injection Technique
- reaction vessel comprising:
- a first container consisting essentially of a wall delimiting a substantially closed volume, with the exception of at least one first orifice formed in said wall,
- a second container essentially constituted by a wall defining a substantially closed volume, with the exception of a second orifice putting the second container in communication with a first end of a conduit having a second open end, in which:
- said second open end is located inside the first container, said enclosure being able to occupy two positions, namely:
- the reaction vessel of the invention may also have the following characteristics, taken individually or, where appropriate, in combination: - Said second container and the conduit are located inside the first container;
- said conduit comprises at least one elbow; for example the duct comprises a system of two Z-shaped elbows; in a particular embodiment, said conduit comprises a first part, from the orifice of the second container to a first bend distant from the second orifice, a second part from the first bend to a second bend, then a third part from the second bend towards the open end, the duct being for example constructed so that, in said first position, said first bend occupies a high position relative to said second orifice, and said second bend occupies a low position relative to said first elbow; according to a particular embodiment, the branches of the elbow, or of the elbows, are inclined relative to the vertical when the enclosure occupies one of said first and second positions;
- the reaction chamber further comprises a first tube, one end of which opens into the conduit and the other end of which is situated outside the enclosure; -
- the reaction chamber further comprises a second, external tube, one end of which is connected to said first orifice, said tube occupying a vertical position above the first container in said first position of the chamber and below the first container in the second position.
- the invention relates in particular to a reaction vessel as defined above, in which said containers and said tubes and conduit form a closed assembly containing a first glass in the first container and a second glass, with a different refractive index, in the second container.
- the reaction chamber of the invention can be made of any material compatible with the sheath and core glasses used, and having a melting temperature higher than the softening temperature of said glasses.
- the material must be chemically inert enough not to pollute beyond the acceptable glass of sheath and heart.
- the reaction vessel of the invention can be produced, for example, from silica or pyrex glass. 5 Silica or pyrex glass have the advantage that they are worked like usual glass, and that they allow direct observation of the contents of the enclosure.
- the invention also relates to a process for preparing a preform for optical fibers with a cladding glass and a core glass of different indices, or a corresponding optical fiber, using an enclosure reaction as defined above.
- This process has the following characteristics in particular:
- the sheath glass is introduced into the first container, 5 and the core glass into the second container, the enclosure occupying said first position or a neighboring position,
- the enclosure is brought to a temperature sufficient for the two glasses to be liquid
- the enclosure is subjected to a rotation in said first predetermined direction, from said first position to said second position, so that the sheath glass flows by gravity towards, then through, the first orifice,
- the enclosure is brought back to said first position, and 5 - after a predetermined time, the reaction enclosure is subjected to a rotation, in said predetermined second direction, from the first position to the second position, so that the core glass, remaining liquid in the second container, passes through the second orifice, engages in the conduit and reaches) the open end through which it flows by gravity and passes through said first orifice.
- the second external tube can for example be used as described previously. This outer tube is then sealed at a sufficient distance from the first orifice and can then serve as a mold for the preform.
- first tube As described above. This tube can then be sealed in an external zone close to the wall of the first container.
- the sheath and heart glasses can be introduced for example in the form of solid particles.
- the process of the invention is in particular a process in which:
- FIG. 1 represents a schematic perspective view of the enclosure in the first position mentioned above
- FIG. 2 shows a schematic perspective view of the enclosure in the second position.
- the reaction vessel of the invention comprises a first container 1 communicating through an orifice 2 with an external tube 3.
- the second container 4 communicates through an orifice 5 with one end of a conduit 6, the other end 7 of which is an open end.
- the end 7 is in the form of a spout oriented so as to prevent the non-solidified sheath glass coming from the center of the tube 3 from obstructing or polluting the conduit through which the heart glass will be poured.
- a second conduit 8 communicates by one of its ends with the conduit 6, and its other end, located outside the enclosure, is an open end.
- the reaction chamber of the invention is shown in Figure 1 in the position called above "first position", with the tube 3 assumed to be vertical. It can be seen that the orifice 2 is in the high position on the first container while the orifice 5 is located in a low position on the wall of the second container.
- the sheath glass is introduced, in the form of solid particles, through the orifice 3b, possibly by slightly inclining the enclosure by rotation in an anti-clockwise direction around an axis perpendicular to the plane of the drawing, so as to avoid that the sheath glass does not introduce itself through the orifice 7 in the conduit 6.
- the tube 8 is provided at 8b with a tap not shown in the drawing. We close this tap.
- the vacuum is established in the enclosure by connecting the tube 3 to a vacuum pump, after which the tube 8 is sealed at level 8a and then the tube 3 at level 3a, as shown in Figure 2.
- a vacuum pump after which the tube 8 is sealed at level 8a and then the tube 3 at level 3a, as shown in Figure 2.
- stiffening elements such as welded silica rods joining, for example, containers 1 and 4 or the conduit 6 and container 1.
- FIG. 1 shows the enclosure in its initial form, with the unsealed tubes 3 and 8 having an open end.
- reaction vessel of the invention has been shown in the position called above "second position", with the tubes 3 and 8 sealed at 3a and 8a.
- This second position can be reached from the first position, after rotation of 180 ° around an axis perpendicular to the plane of the drawing.
- the configuration of the enclosure is such that during the passage from the first to the second position, a liquid present in the second container remains confined there, or on the contrary flows in the conduit 6, depending on the sense of rotation.
- This liquid has been shown 9 in the container 4 of FIG. 2.
- the said rotation is carried out clockwise, the said liquid will flow through the conduit 6 and reach the orifice 7 and (we are then in the position shown in the FIG. 2) this liquid will flow vertically by gravity into the tube 3.
- the duct 6 need not have bends. However, the presence of elbows lengthens the flow time of the liquid core glass towards the open end 7 of the conduit 6, which makes it possible to better control this flow.
- the enclosure is then brought into an oven, in the first position which is that shown in FIG. 1.
- the enclosure is brought to a temperature sufficient for the sheath and heart glasses to be liquid.
- the sheath glass is then collected in the lower part 1a of the container 1. By rotating it 180 °, as indicated above, counterclockwise, the sheath glass will flow along the wall lb of container 1 then reach orifice 2 and fill the sealed tube 3.
- the sheath glass is in sufficient quantity to completely fill the tube 3.
- the tube 3 is then cooled, for example by immersing the tube in water, for a time such that only a peripheral part of the sheath glass is solidified, while the central part is still liquid.
- the cooling time is a function of the respective thicknesses desired for the sheath and the core part of the preform. This time can be determined beforehand by simple routine experiments. If you want a thin sheath, you can simply let it cool for a sufficient time in air, at room temperature. A further rotation of approximately 180 ° is then carried out to bring the enclosure back to the first position, this rotation preferably being carried out clockwise (but it can also be carried out anti-clockwise, due to the viscosity of the liquid glass which makes its flow relatively slow).
- the entire assembly can be reintroduced into an annealing oven, at a temperature close to the glass transition temperature of that of the cladding and core glasses having the lowest transition temperature, in order to reduce the internal tensions.
- the axis of the duct 6 is in the plane, assumed to be vertical, of the drawing.
- the duct may have a bend, in the vicinity of the orifice 5, so that the axis of the tube is, after this bend, for example in a plane perpendicular to the plane of the drawing.
- the second predetermined direction of rotation mentioned above then corresponds to a rotation around a horizontal axis situated in the plane of the drawing, while the first predetermined direction of rotation can correspond to a rotation around an axis horizontal perpendicular to the drawing plane.
- Some glasses, such as Te - As - Se glasses, can be distilled under vacuum.
- tube 3 sealed at 3b, contains at level 3c a sealing cap (not shown) crossed by a small distillation tube, the glass of solid sheath being contained in the part between 3b and 3c.
- This part is introduced into an oven, after making the vacuum in the enclosure.
- the distillate collected in the lower part of the tube 3 ( Figure 1) flows into the first container.
- the tube 3 is then sealed at level 3a, as described above.
- Container 1 is 60 mm in diameter and 60 mm in height.
- the tube 3 has a height of 190 mm, and 90 mm after sealing at the level
- the container 4 has a diameter of 15 mm.
- the outer part of the tube 8 has a length of 100 mm.
- the sheath glass (25 g) has the following composition (in atoms): Te 2 As 3 Se 5 .
- the heart glass (12 g) has the following composition:
- the tube 8 is sealed at 8a, the vacuum is established via the tube 3 and the tube 3 is sealed at 3a.
- the enclosure is heated in an oven for about 1 hour at 500 ° C.
- the oven is removed from the oven in the first position.
- the sheath glass fills the tube 3.
- the tube 3 is immersed in water.
- the tube is taken out of the water at time t 0 + 25s, and the enclosure is subjected to a further rotation of 180 °, clockwise.
- the center of the tube 3 empties, but there remains a glass sheath solidified at the internal periphery.
- the end of the tube 3 is broken and the preform is extracted.
- the study of the composition along a diameter of a cross section, by electron microscopy, shows a constant content of arsenic, with an increase in tellurium and a decrease in selenium in the heart of the preform.
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| EP03760702A EP1525168A1 (fr) | 2002-06-21 | 2003-06-12 | ENCEINTE REACTIONNELLE ET PROCEDE POUR LA PRÉPARATION DE PREFORMES POUR FIBRES OPTIQUES |
| US10/518,820 US20060016224A1 (en) | 2002-06-21 | 2003-06-12 | Reaction chamber and method for preparing preforms for optical fibers |
| AU2003251720A AU2003251720A1 (en) | 2002-06-21 | 2003-06-12 | Reaction chamber and method for preparing preforms for optical fibers |
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| FR0207732A FR2841157B1 (fr) | 2002-06-21 | 2002-06-21 | Enceinte reactionnelle pour la preparation de preformes pour fibres optiques |
| FR0207732 | 2002-06-21 |
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| WO2004000741A1 true WO2004000741A1 (fr) | 2003-12-31 |
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| JPS60176938A (ja) * | 1984-02-24 | 1985-09-11 | Nippon Telegr & Teleph Corp <Ntt> | 光フアイバ用プリフオ−ムの製造方法 |
| EP0326401A2 (fr) * | 1988-01-29 | 1989-08-02 | Kokusai Denshin Denwa Kabushiki Kaisha | Procédé et appareil pour la fabrication d'une préforme pour fibres en verre fluoride |
| WO1992000923A1 (fr) * | 1990-07-09 | 1992-01-23 | British Telecommunications Public Limited Company | Procede de preparation d'objets en verre d'halogenure |
| JPH08183630A (ja) * | 1994-12-28 | 1996-07-16 | Sumitomo Electric Ind Ltd | フッ化物ガラス母材の製造方法および製造装置 |
| US5779757A (en) * | 1996-06-26 | 1998-07-14 | The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Navy | Process for removing hydrogen and carbon impurities from glasses by adding a tellurium halide |
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- 2003-06-12 AU AU2003251720A patent/AU2003251720A1/en not_active Abandoned
- 2003-06-12 WO PCT/EP2003/050223 patent/WO2004000741A1/fr not_active Ceased
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| JPS60176938A (ja) * | 1984-02-24 | 1985-09-11 | Nippon Telegr & Teleph Corp <Ntt> | 光フアイバ用プリフオ−ムの製造方法 |
| EP0326401A2 (fr) * | 1988-01-29 | 1989-08-02 | Kokusai Denshin Denwa Kabushiki Kaisha | Procédé et appareil pour la fabrication d'une préforme pour fibres en verre fluoride |
| WO1992000923A1 (fr) * | 1990-07-09 | 1992-01-23 | British Telecommunications Public Limited Company | Procede de preparation d'objets en verre d'halogenure |
| JPH08183630A (ja) * | 1994-12-28 | 1996-07-16 | Sumitomo Electric Ind Ltd | フッ化物ガラス母材の製造方法および製造装置 |
| US5779757A (en) * | 1996-06-26 | 1998-07-14 | The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Navy | Process for removing hydrogen and carbon impurities from glasses by adding a tellurium halide |
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| PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 10, no. 23 29 January 1986 (1986-01-29) * |
| PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 1996, no. 11 29 November 1996 (1996-11-29) * |
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| US20060016224A1 (en) | 2006-01-26 |
| FR2841157A1 (fr) | 2003-12-26 |
| FR2841157B1 (fr) | 2004-08-13 |
| AU2003251720A1 (en) | 2004-01-06 |
| WO2004000741A8 (fr) | 2005-03-17 |
| EP1525168A1 (fr) | 2005-04-27 |
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