Optical fiber coatings

The outside coating of dual coated optical fibers is improved by the addition of a filler to increase the microbending resistance of the optical fiber. The coating is improved by the addition of very small clay platelets, with the platelets aligned along the fiber axis. It is found that standard pol...

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Hauptverfasser:	TAYLOR CARL R, WEIMANN PETER A
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF GLASSES, GLAZES, OR VITREOUSENAMELS CHEMISTRY GLASS JOINING GLASS TO GLASS OR OTHER MATERIALS METALLURGY MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS OPTICS PHYSICS SURFACE TREATMENT OF FIBRES OR FILAMENTS MADE FROM GLASS,MINERALS OR SLAGS SURFACE TREATMENT OF GLASS
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Zusammenfassung:	The outside coating of dual coated optical fibers is improved by the addition of a filler to increase the microbending resistance of the optical fiber. The coating is improved by the addition of very small clay platelets, with the platelets aligned along the fiber axis. It is found that standard polymer coatings can be loaded with enough filler to enhance the mechanical properties, while the particulates are small enough to be essentially transparent to the UV curing radiation.