A resistance-heated high temperature furnace for drawing silica-based fibres for optical communications

A description is given of a resistance-heated furnace suitable for drawing silica-based optical fibers with a high degree of precision. The furnace is compact, heats from cold to its operating temperature of 2000°C in 3 min and has a power consumption of only 1.4kW. During a fiber pull, the temperat...

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Main Authors: Payne, David N. (Author), Gambling, W.Alec (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 1976-02.
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