公开(公告)号：US20220249719A1

公开(公告)日：2022-08-11

申请号：US17667283

申请日：2022-02-08

申请人： Paul K. Westerhoff ,  Zhe Zhao ,  Nora Shapiro

发明人： Paul K. Westerhoff ,  Zhe Zhao ,  Nora Shapiro

IPC分类号： A61L2/10 ,  F21V8/00 ,  C09D147/00 ,  C03C25/105 ,  C03C25/305

摘要： A coated optical fiber includes an optical fiber having a core and an outer surface, and a homogeneous polymer coating in contact with the outer surface of the optical fiber. The optical fiber and the homogeneous polymer coating are UV transparent, and a refractive index of the outer surface of the optical fiber or the homogeneous polymer coating is up to 15% less than a refractive index of the core. Coating the optical fiber includes coating an outer surface with a polymerizable material and polymerizing the polymerizerable material to yield the coated optical fiber having a homogeneous polymer coating. The optical fiber and the homogeneous polymer coating are UV transparent, and a refractive index of the outer surface of the optical fiber or the homogeneous polymer coating is up to 15% less than a refractive index of a core of the optical fiber.

公开(公告)号：US12029826B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-09

申请号：US17667283

申请日：2022-02-08

申请人： Paul K. Westerhoff ,  Zhe Zhao ,  Nora Shapiro

发明人： Paul K. Westerhoff ,  Zhe Zhao ,  Nora Shapiro

IPC分类号： A61L2/10 ,  C03C25/00 ,  C03C25/105 ,  C03C25/305 ,  C09D147/00 ,  F21V8/00 ,  G02B6/00

CPC分类号： A61L2/10 ,  C03C25/105 ,  C03C25/305 ,  C09D147/00 ,  G02B6/0006 ,  G02B6/001 ,  A61L2202/11

摘要： A coated optical fiber includes an optical fiber having a core and an outer surface, and a homogeneous polymer coating in contact with the outer surface of the optical fiber. The optical fiber and the homogeneous polymer coating are UV transparent, and a refractive index of the outer surface of the optical fiber or the homogeneous polymer coating is up to 15% less than a refractive index of the core. Coating the optical fiber includes coating an outer surface with a polymerizable material and polymerizing the polymerizerable material to yield the coated optical fiber having a homogeneous polymer coating. The optical fiber and the homogeneous polymer coating are UV transparent, and a refractive index of the outer surface of the optical fiber or the homogeneous polymer coating is up to 15% less than a refractive index of a core of the optical fiber.