Fiber optic microcable produced with radiation cured composite
Abstract
The invention provides a fiber optic microcable having a uniform cross sectional dimension which may be manufactured in continuous lengths that exceed 10 kilometers. The microcable is comprised of an optical fiber core, a buffer surrounding the core, and a protective sheath surrounding the buffer consisting of an electromagnetic radiation cured resin impregnated with fibers suspended in the resin to enhance the resistance of the microcable to physical damage. The microcable is fabricated by soaking the fibers in an electromagnetic radiation curable resin, placing the wetted fibers around the core and buffer to form a matrix, and then irradiating the matrix with electromagnetic radiation to cure the resin.
- Publication:
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Patent Department of the Navy
- Pub Date:
- November 1993
- Bibcode:
- 1993navy.reptQ....C
- Keywords:
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- Fiber Optics;
- Optical Fibers;
- Sheaths;
- Curing;
- Fabrication;
- Patents;
- Resins;
- Optics