Enhanced ribbon strippability using coating additives

An optical fiber ribbon comprising:

• a plurality of coated, substantially coplanar optical fibers, each comprising a core, a cladding layer surrounding and adjacent to the core, and a primary polymeric coating material surrounding and adjacent to the cladding layer, wherein the primary polymeric coating material contains a silicone;
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• a ribbon matrix material which maintains in substantially coplanar alignment said plurality of coated optical fibers wherein the silicone is present in the primary polymeric coating material in an amount of from about 2 to about 10 weight percent.

An optical fiber ribbon comprising:

• a plurality of coated, substantially coplanar optical fibers, each comprising a core, a cladding layer surrounding and adjacent to the core, and a primary polymeric coating material surrounding and adjacent to the cladding layer, wherein the primary polymeric coating material contains a silicone;
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• a ribbon matrix material which maintains in substantially coplanar alignment said plurality of coated optical fibers wherein the silicone is a polymeric organosilicon compound containing Si—O—Si linkages and having the general formula (R1R2Si—O)x, wherein x is an integer from 2 to 100,000 and R1 and R2 are the same or different and are alkyl moieties.

An optical fiber ribbon comprising:

• a plurality of coated, substantially coplanar optical fibers, each comprising a core, a cladding layer surrounding and adjacent to the core, and a primary polymeric coating material surrounding and adjacent to the cladding layer, wherein the primary polymeric coating material contains a silicone;
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• a ribbon matrix material which maintains in substantially coplanar alignment said plurality of coated optical fibers wherein the silicone is a cyclic siloxane containing from 3 to 6 silicon atoms.

An optical fiber ribbon comprising:

• a plurality of coated, substantially coplanar optical fibers, each comprising a core, a cladding layer surrounding and adjacent to the core, and a primary polymeric coating material surrounding and adjacent to the cladding layer, wherein the primary polymeric coating material contains a silicone;
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• a ribbon matrix material which maintains in substantially coplanar alignment said plurality of coated optical fibers wherein each of said coated, substantially coplanar optical fibers further comprises a secondary polymeric coating material surrounding and adjacent to the primary polymeric coating material.