Abstract
A method of forming a holey waveguide, the method comprising the steps of forming a guiding region of a preform, forming a cladding region of the preform, wherein at least a portion of the cladding region of the preform is formed from a plurality of cladding tubes of at least two different diameters, choosing at least one of the diameters of the cladding tubes in a manner such as to reduce a total number of cladding tubes required to build up said portion of the cladding region when compared with utilising cladding tubes of the same diameter for said portion, and drawing the waveguide from the preform.
| Original language | English |
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| Patent number | 20030012535 |
| IPC | G02B 6/20,B29D 11/00,C03B 37/012,G02B 6/02,G02B 6/10 |
| Publication status | Published - 16 Jan 2003 |
| Externally published | Yes |