| 摘要 |
<p>The deposition of glass precursor particulates, during optical fiber fabrication, is rendered more efficient by increasing the thermal forces which play a significant role in directing the particulate material an appropriate substrate. Specific embodiments are addressed to various optical fiber fabrication processes, all of which involve the formation of glass particulate material and its subsequent deposition on an appropriate substrate (e.g. 10 or 30) utilizing additional thermophoretic means (e.g. 16, 31, 43-44, 51, 61, 71-72 and 81-82) to create a temperature gradient resulting in directing further amounts (e.g. 15) of the glass particulate material from a stream (e.g. 12) of the glass particulate material toward the substrate. </p> |
