APPARATUS FOR SELECTIVE PHOTOSENSITIZATION OF OPTICAL FIBER

An apparatus that exposes only a selected portion of a length of optical fiber to a hydrogen atmosphere loading process. The apparatus includes a loading chamber that encloses at least the selected portion of the optical fiber and contains a hydrogen atmosphere. At least one heating element regional...

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Hauptverfasser: STEDMAN, JOHN P, GATICA, ANTHONY W, ELDER, DALE E, BRENNAN, JAMES F., III, CARPENTER, JAMES B, BYLANDER, JAMES R, STACEY, NICHOLAS A, WIEGAND, GORDON
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Zusammenfassung:An apparatus that exposes only a selected portion of a length of optical fiber to a hydrogen atmosphere loading process. The apparatus includes a loading chamber that encloses at least the selected portion of the optical fiber and contains a hydrogen atmosphere. At least one heating element regionally heats the hydrogen atmosphere surrounding the selected portion. The heating element may heat the hydrogen atmosphere to a temperature of at least 250~C.