摘要 |
The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing an optical fiber suitable for high transmission rates, which method comprises the steps of: i) supplying one or more glass forming precursors, and possibly a dopant, to a quartz substrate tube, ii) forming a plasma in the quartz substrate tube for the purpose of bringing about a reaction in the reactive mixture so as to form glass layers, which may or may not be doped, on the interior of the substrate tube, iii) collapsing the substrate tube obtained in step ii) into a preform while heating, iv) drawing an optical fiber from the preform while heating. The present invention furthermore relates to an optical fiber suitable for high transmission rates. |