Corning Incorporated
RF PLASMA OPTICAL FIBER ANNEALING APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME

Abstract:

Methods, apparatuses and systems of manufacturing an optical fiber are disclosed herein. The methods may include heating an optical preform in a draw furnace, drawing an optical fiber from the optical preform, cooling the optical fiber with a slow cooling device, and annealing the optical fiber by passing the optical fiber through an RF plasma heating apparatus.