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Method for making a plastic graded index optical fiber and resulting graded index optical fiber

US7099546B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 18, 2002
Grant dateAug 29, 2006
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 8, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB29C48/34
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The present invention concerns a method of manufacturing a graded index plastic optical fiber having an index that varies continuously between the center and the periphery of the fiber, from at least one polymer P and at least one reactive diluent D1 to allow the refractive index of said fiber to be varied. Said polymer P is a terpolymer comprising at least three repeating units P1, P2 and P3 with the following general formulae:

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