PROCESS FOR PRODUCING AN OPTICAL FIBER HAVING A LOW POLARIZATION MODE DISPERSION

摘要

An Apparatus for producing a low-PMD optical fiber, comprises a furnace (6) for melting a lower portion of an optical preform (3); a traction device (8) for pulling an optical fiber (4) from said lower portion of an optical preform; a spinning device (20) for imparting a substantially constant and unidirectional spin to the optical fiber as it is pulled, which causes the fiber to undergo an elastic torsion; a winding device (9) for winding the optical fiber onto a reel (10); and a twisting device (40) for imparting to the spun optical fiber a unidirectinal twist in a direction opposite said elastic torsion, so as to control the residual twist in the optical fiber.