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US 10,118,853 B2Granted
Systems and methods for producing robust chalcogenide optical fibers
AssigneeUniversity of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
InventorsAyman F. Abouraddy, Guangming Tao, Soroush Shabahang
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a chalcogenide glass optical fiber is produced by forming a billet including a chalcogenide glass mass and a polymer mass in a stacked configuration, heating the billet to a temperature below the melting point of the chalcogenide glass, extruding the billet in the ambient environment to form a preform rod having a chalcogenide glass core and a polymer jacket, and drawing the preform rod.
Claims4
A billet or preform, comprising:
- a first chalcogenide glass mass;
- a second chalcogenide glass mass;
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- a polymer mass having an axial void,
- wherein the first and second chalcogenide glass masses are arranged in a non-overlapping stacked configuration, further wherein the first and second stacked chalcogenide glass masses are disposed within the void of the polymer mass.
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