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US 7,116,409 B2Granted
Optical fiber for high-speed fiber-drawing process and coating concentricity monitor
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsYoung-Seok Kim, Sung-Koog Oh
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Abstract
An optical fiber includes a core as a light signal transmission medium, a clad surrounding the core, a first coating layer which surrounds the clad and is formed of an UV-cured polymer material, and a second coating layer which surrounds the first coating layer and is formed of an UV-cured polymer material. The difference between the refraction index of the first coating layer and that of the second coating layer ranges from 0 (excluding 0) to 0.06.
Claims19
An optical fiber comprising:
- a core as a light signal transmission medium;
- a clad surrounding the core;
- a first coating layer having a first modulus which surrounds the clad and is formed of an UV-cured polymer material;
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- a second coating layer having a second modulus which surrounds the first coating layer and is formed of an UV-cured polymer material, wherein a difference between the refraction index of the first coating layer and that of the second coating layer is non-zero and ranges from 0 to 0.06, and wherein the value of the second modulus value is higher than the first second modulus.
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A coating concentricity monitor comprising:
- a light source for generating a light for monitoring having a predetermined wavelength;
- a beam splitter for carrying out power division of the generated light for monitoring to form a first split light and a second split light and emitting them along respectively different paths;
- a first reflector disposed for reflecting the first split light to an optical fiber where said optical fiber comprising:
- a core as a light signal transmission medium, a clad surrounding the core, a first coating layer having a first modulus which surrounds the clad and is formed of an UV-cured polymer material;
- and a second coating layer having a second modulus which surrounds the first coating layer and is formed of an UV-cured polymer material, wherein a difference between the refraction index of the first coating layer and that of the second coating layer is non-zero and ranges from 0 to 0.06, and wherein the value of the second modulus value is higher than the first second modulus;
- a second reflector disposed for reflecting the second split light to the optical fiber;
- a first light-receiving surface to show a pattern of the first split light that has passed through the optical fiber;
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- a second light-receiving surface to show a pattern of the second split light that has passed through the optical fiber.
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