Optacore is active in the following areas of applied research and development:

Alternative heat sources for MCVD preform fabrication:
	fabrication of large CSA core preforms reduction of preform fabrication cost increase of MCVD productivity through larger deposition rate and faster collapse improvement of MCVD competitivity against other preform fabrication techniques
Fabrication of LOW WATER PEAK fibers by MCVD method:
	reduction of water peak in fibers produced from MCVD core preforms development of process, procedures and accessories for reduction of water peak in existing MCVD preform factories and equipment
Improvements in vaporization of liquid reagents and precursor delivery methods:
	improving performance and stability of vapor delivery of reagents in MCVD, for very large core preforms and in fabrication of specialty fiber preforms replacement of bubbler as vapor source system with more stable vapor delivery methods industrialization of less common precursor doping methods for specialty fiber products (aerosol doping, high temperature vaporization...)