Coating processes – Optical element produced – Polarizer – windshield – optical fiber – projection screen – or...
Patent
1996-04-12
1999-08-17
Bell, Janyce
Coating processes
Optical element produced
Polarizer, windshield, optical fiber, projection screen, or...
427261, 427266, 4273855, 427275, 427178, 427348, 264 124, 264 16, 264 23, B05D 506, G02B 6245
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059391367
ABSTRACT:
A method of making an optical fiber device, which comprises the steps of providing an optical fiber element comprising an optical fiber having at least one thermally removable coating thereon, and thermally removing all or a predetermined portion of the thermally removable coating(s) to sufficiently expose said optical fiber for a subsequent processing step. Following removal of the thermally removable coating, the optical fiber has a predetermined median fracture stress, as measured according to FOTP-28. The optical fiber may then be processed into an optical fiber device and optionally recoated.
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Cronk Bryon J.
Novack James C.
Rabine Bruce A.
Sanders Paul E.
Bell Janyce
Gwin, Jr. H. Sanders
Ho Nestor F.
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
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