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US 7,162,138 B2Granted
Optical fiber with nano-particle overclad
AssigneeERS Company
InventorsDov Ingman, Ephraim Suhir
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Abstract
An optical fiber includes a core, a cladding layer, and an overclad layer that has a plurality of nano-particles the core.
Claims13
An optical fiber comprising:
- a core;
- a cladding layer surrounding the core;
- and
- a thixotropic overclad layer surrounding the cladding layer,
- wherein the overclad layer includes a layer of hydrophilic nano-particles on the cladding layer, and a layer of hydrophobic particles on the layer of hydrophilic nano-particles.
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A method of manufacturing an optical fiber structure comprising the steps of:
- forming an optical fiber core;
- forming a cladding layer around the optical fiber core;
- and
- forming a thixotropic overclad layer around the cladding layer,
- wherein the step of forming the thixotropic overclad layer includes negatively charging the optical fiber core, positively charging the inner layer, and negatively charging the outer layer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.