Method of applying hermetic coating on optical fiber

Details Method of applying hermetic coating on optical fiber Method of applying hermetic coating on optical fiber

1987-08-20

1988-12-13

Sikes, William L.

350 9630, 350 9634, G02B 610, G02B 622, G02B 600

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047906251

ABSTRACT:
An optical fiber which has just been drawn from an optical preform is provided with two external hermetic coatings. The primary coating is a metallic or dielectric coating provided by, for example, using a heterogeneous nucleation thermochemical deposition (HNTD) technique. This technique involves passing the fiber through a reaction zone which contains a gaseous medium that includes a reactant which decomposes, or a mixture of reactants which chemically react, at a predetermined temperature, to form the material of the coating. Such predetermined temperature is available from the heat of the fiber forming process which is retained at the fiber surface by means of a shielding element so that additional heating means is not required. The second coating may be deposited, by for example, using an HNTD or a chemical vapor deposition process. The resulting fiber may then be provided with an additional polymer coating layer.

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