Optical fiber
AssigneeSumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
InventorsTakahiro Nomura, Kazuyuki Sohma, Yudai Watanabe, Iwao Okazaki
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Abstract
The optical fiber includes a glass fiber and a coating resin layer. The coating resin layer includes a primary resin layer and a secondary resin layer. The glass fiber has an outer diameter of from 124 μm to 126 μm. The secondary resin layer has an outer diameter of from 145 μm to 170 μm. The primary resin layer has an in situ elastic modulus of from 0.1 MPa to 0.5 MPa. The secondary resin layer has an in situ elastic modulus of from 1200 MPa to 2800 MPa. A maximum value of amplitude of an amount of eccentricity is 6 μm or less in a spectrum obtained by measuring the amount of eccentricity of the glass fiber and by applying Fourier transform to a waveform representing the amount of eccentricity.
Claims13
An optical fiber comprising:
- a glass fiber including a core and a cladding;
- and
- a coating resin layer coating an outer periphery of the glass fiber,
- wherein the coating resin layer includes:
- a primary resin layer coating the outer periphery of the glass fiber;
- and
- a secondary resin layer coating an outer periphery of the primary resin layer,
- the glass fiber has an outer diameter of from 124 μm to 126 μm,
- the primary resin layer has a thickness of 5 μm or more,
- the secondary resin layer has a thickness of 5 μm or more,
- the secondary resin layer has an outer diameter of from 145 μm to 165 μm,
- the primary resin layer has an in situ elastic modulus of from 0.1 MPa to 0.4 MPa,
- the secondary resin layer has an in situ elastic modulus of from 1500 MPa to 2800 MPa, and
- a maximum value of amplitude of an amount of eccentricity is 4 μm or less in a spectrum obtained by measuring, at a plurality of measurement points set at predetermined intervals in an axial direction of the glass fiber, the amount of eccentricity of the glass fiber from a central axis relative to the outer periphery of the secondary resin layer, the amount of eccentricity being measured based on a position of an outer periphery of the coating resin layer and a position of the outer periphery of the glass fiber that are obtained from an image of light penetrated through the optical fiber and by applying Fourier transform to a waveform representing the amount of eccentricity at each position of the plurality of measurement points,
- a wavelength at which the amplitude of the amount of eccentricity is largest is 0.1 m or more.
An optical fiber comprising:
- a glass fiber including a core and a cladding;
- and
- a coating resin layer coating an outer periphery of the glass fiber,
- wherein the coating resin layer includes:
- a primary resin layer coating the outer periphery of the glass fiber;
- a secondary resin layer coating an outer periphery of the primary resin layer;
- and
- a coating layer coating an outer periphery of the secondary resin layer,
- the glass fiber has an outer diameter of from 124 μm to 126 μm,
- the secondary resin layer has an outer diameter of from 145 μm to 165 μm,
- the coating layer has an outer diameter of from 155 μm to 175 μm,
- the primary resin layer has a thickness of 5 μm or more,
- the secondary resin layer has a thickness of 5 μm or more,
- the primary resin layer has an in situ elastic modulus of from 0.1 MPa to 0.4 MPa,
- the secondary resin layer has an in situ elastic modulus of from 1500 MPa to 2800 MPa, and
- a maximum value of amplitude of an amount of eccentricity is 4 μm or less in a spectrum obtained by measuring, at a plurality of measurement points set at predetermined intervals in an axial direction of the glass fiber, the amount of eccentricity of the glass fiber from a central axis relative to the outer periphery of the secondary resin layer, the amount of eccentricity being measured based on a position of an outer periphery of the coating resin layer and a position of the outer periphery of the glass fiber that are obtained from an image of light penetrated through the optical fiber and by applying Fourier transform to a waveform representing the amount of eccentricity at each position of the plurality of measurement points,
- a wavelength at which the amplitude of the amount of eccentricity is largest is 0.1 m or more.
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