Optical Fiber, Method for Manufacturing Optical Fiber, Optical Fiber Cable, and Sensor

Abstract

The present invention provides a plastic optical fiber comprising a core and a sheath consisting of at least one layer, the plastic optical fiber having a transmission loss of 120 dB/km or less as measured by a 25 m-1 m cutback method under conditions of a wavelength of 525 nm and an excitation of NA=0.45, and satisfying either one of the following conditions when a thickness of the innermost sheath layer is 0.5 μm to 4.5 μm, an amount of foreign matter having a size of 2 μm or greater contained in the innermost sheath layer is 2000/cm3 or less, or a size X (μm) of foreign matter contained in the innermost sheath layer and an amount Y of the foreign matter (number/cm3) satisfy formula (1) below: Y≦1200 X e(−0.067×X) (1). Such optical fibers have a low transmission loss of green light (in particular, light having a wavelength of 525 nm), enabling longer distance communication.

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