Thermal and Mechanical Analysis of Cross-Linked Optical Fiber Coatings

Author

Budy, S.M. ; Hawkins, T. ; Foy, P. ; Matthewson, M.J. ; Smith, D.W., Jr. ; Ballato, J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Chem. & Biochem., Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA

Volume

27

Issue

24

fYear

2009

Firstpage

5626

Lastpage

5630

Abstract

A convenient route to enhancing the thermal degradation on-set temperature of existing commercial optical fiber coatings is presented. UV curable acrylate coatings were modified through the addition of a multi-functional cross-linking agent and are shown to increase their degradation temperature by 65^degC without any degradation in the mechanical or optical properties of the resultant fiber. Such enhanced thermal robustness in coatings is important for optical fiber applications in high energy laser (HEL) systems and selected higher temperature sensing environments.

Keywords

mechanical testing; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre testing; optical films; thermal analysis; thermo-optical effects; UV curable acrylate coatings; cross-linked optical fiber coatings; fiber fabrication; high energy laser system; mechanical analysis; multifunctional cross-linking agent; temperature sensing; thermal analysis; thermal degradation; Mechanical testing; optical fiber; optical fiber coatings;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2009.2032368

Filename

5247078