Optical fiber cable
AssigneeAsahi Glass Company, Limited
InventorsYoshitaka Matsuyama, Seigo Kotera, Yoshinobu Takano
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Abstract
To provide an optical fiber cable having a plurality of GI-POFs and a resin cable body confining these, and excellent in the thermal durability, pressure resisting property and flexural mechanical property, wherein the increase of the attenuation of the light is suppressed. The resin cable body has as many holes as the number of the GI-POFs, extending longitudinally therethrough, and the GI-POFs are distributed and arranged one by one in the holes so that they are freely movable in two directions perpendicular to the longitudinal direction.
Claims8
An optical fiber cable having a plurality of graded index type plastic optical fibers (hereinafter referred to as GI-POFs) and a resin cable body confining the GI-POFs, wherein the resin cable body has holes as many as the number of the GI-POFs, extending longitudinally therethrough, and the GI-POFs are distributed and arranged one by one in the holes so that they are freely movable in the respective holes.
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