Optical fiber cable

The present invention is a strengthened fiber optic. The first embodiment of the invention consists of pre-coating a fiber optic waveguide with an ultra violet (UV)/visible light-curable resin such that the resin buffers the fiber waveguide. The pre-coated fiber optic waveguide is then cured in an UV/visible light oven at a temperature at ambient or above. An UV/visible light curable resin is pre-heated to a selected temperature and the buffered fiber optic waveguide and the at least one reinforcing fiber are transported through a binding resin bath, the fiber optic waveguide maintaining linear alignment throughout the bath as at least one reinforcing fiber is disposed about the fiber optic waveguide. The resin coated fiber optic waveguide and the at least one reinforcing fiber are then cured in an UV/visible light curing station so as to form a fiber optic cable. The second embodiment of the invention includes coating the fiber optic waveguide with a high temperature resin, such as a liquid crystalline polymer.