Influence of adhesion promoters on the aging characteristics of optical fibers in water

Jan-Willem Leclercq; Anton H. E. Breuls

doi:10.1117/12.187450

28 September 1994 Influence of adhesion promoters on the aging characteristics of optical fibers in water

Jan-Willem Leclercq, Anton H. E. Breuls

Proceedings Volume 2290, Fiber Optic Materials and Components; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.187450
Event: SPIE's 1994 International Symposium on Optics, Imaging, and Instrumentation, 1994, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

The role of three different adhesion promoters in the primary coatings of optical fibers on the resistance of fibers to aging in water has been investigated. The use of an acid phosphate ester as adhesion promoter gave fibers higher strength and n-value prior to aging when compared to standard silane adhesion promoters and copolymerizable silane coupling agents. After 6 months of zero stress aging in water of 60 degree(s)C, no change in strength was found for all fibers except for 1 fiber. The high n-value of fibers with the phosphate ester adhesion promoter gave fibers improved resistance (or longer time to failure) to high stresses in the static fatigue test in water of 85 degree(s)C. Tn this test, the time to failure for low applied stresses, where zero stress aging determines lifetime, was not depending on the type of adhesion promoter. other aspects of the coating as the level of adhesion to the glass, the chemical composition and the mechanical characteristics are playing a role as well in the resistance of fibers to stress free aging and static fatigue in water.

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Jan-Willem Leclercq and Anton H. E. Breuls "Influence of adhesion promoters on the aging characteristics of optical fibers in water", Proc. SPIE 2290, Fiber Optic Materials and Components, (28 September 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.187450

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