IMPROVED METHOD OF APPLYING AN INK LAYER ONTO AN OPTICAL FIBRE

An optical fibre and its manufacture are provided. The optical fibre includes an optical waveguide and a cured primary coating layer surrounding the optical waveguide. The optical fibre further includes a cured secondary coating layer surrounding the cured primary coating layer. The optical fibre fu...

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Hauptverfasser: DANA CRAIG BOOKBINDER, ROBERT CLARK MOORE, PUSHKAR TANDON, DARREN ANDREW STAINER, RUCHI TANDON, MICHAEL JAMES TODT
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:An optical fibre and its manufacture are provided. The optical fibre includes an optical waveguide and a cured primary coating layer surrounding the optical waveguide. The optical fibre further includes a cured secondary coating layer surrounding the cured primary coating layer. The optical fibre further includes a cured tertiary ink coating layer surrounding the cured secondary coating layer. The cured tertiary ink coating layer has a glass transition temperature (Tg-ink) of greater than or equal to 75 °C.