Patent ID: 7946137

Claim:
A system for optical fiber manufacture, comprising: a laser source; an optical fiber, having a circumference and an axis; a first turning mirror having a first reflective face for receiving a first laser beam from said laser source and for reflecting said first laser beam on said optical fiber; a second turning mirror having a second reflective face for receiving a second laser beam from said laser source and for reflecting said second laser beam on said optical fiber, wherein said optical fiber is disposed between said first turning mirror and said second turning mirror; a scanning mirror for directing said first laser beam onto said first turning mirror and for directing said second laser beam onto said second turning mirror; and a computer linked to said scanning mirror and to said laser source, said computer configured to control said scanning mirror and said laser source, wherein said computer is configured to control said scanning mirror to direct said first laser beam on a first locality of said optical fiber and to direct said second laser beam on a second locality of said optical fiber, said first locality circumferentially and axially displaced from said second locality.