Special:Badtitle/NS90:Milestone-Proposal talk:Invention and development of vapor-phase axial deposition (VAD) method for mass production of high-quality optical fiber for telecommunication/Citation editing/reply (2)

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Thank you very much for your comments and suggestions. Regarding the suggestion of the citation on June 30th that the title is too long, we propose to change the citation as shown below.

“Vapor-phase Axial Deposition Method for Mass Production of Optical Fiber, 1977-1983.”

We used “Mass Production” instead of just writing “Production” because we believe that the VAD method has paved the way to the mass production of optical fiber, which is important for providing optical fiber at low cost. In terms of the range of years, we would like to use the period 1977-1983. It is true that the VAD was invented in 1977, however we would like to emphasis the importance that the collaborative work after the invention from 1977 to 1983 to improve the process undertaken by NTT and the three electric wire and cable manufacturers Furukawa Electric, Sumitomo Electric, and Fujikura established the basis for the low-cost mass production of high-quality low-loss optical fiber.

About the suggestion that NTT be spelled out, we followed the suggestion and modified the citation accordingly. The following are the title and the citation we modified.

Title: Vapor-phase Axial Deposition Method for Mass Production of Optical Fiber, 1977-1983.

Citation: In 1977, Dr. Tatsuo Izawa of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. (NTT) invented the vapor-phase axial deposition (VAD) method suitable for the mass production of optical fiber. The fabrication process was investigated collaboratively by NTT, Furukawa Electric, Sumitomo Electric, and Fujikura and the technology was successfully shifted from research and development to commercialization. The VAD method has contributed greatly to the construction of optical-fiber networks. (65 words)

Thank you.

Akira Okada