Coating for optical fibers
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    发明授权
    Coating for optical fibers 失效
    光纤涂层

    公开(公告)号:US06731849B1

    公开(公告)日:2004-05-04

    申请号:US10444904

    申请日:2003-05-22

    IPC分类号: G02B602

    摘要: An improved coating for optical fibers is described. The present invention is a dimensionally precise and uniform coating with low-porosity. The improved coating is applied via sputtering within a vacuum chamber. Environmental conditions are monitored within a cylindrical magnetron during sputtering. Sputtering is adjusted or temporarily ceased when environmental conditions approach a damage threshold. Sputtered particles within a plasma cloud are dimensionally similar and adhere to an optical fiber in a volume efficient arrangement forming a more precise, denser, and more adherent coating. Embodiments of the present invention provide improved pull strength by compressively constraining the optical fiber within the coating and by closing microcracks.

    摘要翻译: 描述了一种改进的光纤涂层。 本发明是具有低孔隙率的尺寸精确且均匀的涂层。 改进的涂层通过溅射在真空室内进行。 在溅射期间,在圆柱形磁控管内监测环境条件。 当环境条件接近损伤阈值时,溅射被调整或暂时停止。 等离子体云中的溅射颗粒在尺寸上相似并且以体积有效的布置粘附到光纤上,形成更精确,更致密和更粘附的涂层。 本发明的实施例通过在涂层内压缩约束光纤并且通过闭合微裂纹来提供改进的拉伸强度。