Secondary coating composition for optical fibers
AssigneeCorning Incorporated
InventorsKevin Y. Chou, Michelle D. Fabian, Jun Hou, Gregory F. Jocobs, David N. Schissel, Huan-Hung Sheng
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a composition for coating optical fibers that includes a UV curable coating composition. The composition includes at least one component having at least one heterocyclic moiety capable of undergoing ring opening polymerization. The composition may also include at least one acrylate functional end group. The acrylate functional group may be on the same component as the heterocyclic moiety or on a second component. The cured composition has a Young's Modulus of at least about 100 MPa.
Claims32
An optical fiber coating composition comprising:
- at least one component having at least one acrylate functional end group and at least one heterocyclic moiety capable of undergoing ring opening polymerization, wherein said one component comprises either a monomer or an oligomer and wherein a Young's Modulus of said composition when cured comprises at least about 100 MPa.
An optical fiber coating composition comprising:
- at least one component having at least one acrylate functional end group and a second component comprising at least one heterocyclic moiety capable of undergoing ring opening polymerization, wherein a Young's Modulus of said composition when cured comprises at least about 100 MPa.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.