Method and system for providing a hydrogen diffusion barrier for fiber optic cables used in hostile environments
US7218820B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 14, 2005 |
| Grant date | May 15, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 10, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B6/4427
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A fiber optic conduit for use in a hostile environment includes a hydrogen barrier shell that is disposed outwardly from an inner axial tube. The hydrogen barrier shell comprises a material that is capable of reducing hydrogen permeation through the fiber optic conduit and a thickness of at least approximately one-thousandth of an inch. The inner axial tube is operable to receive one or more optical fibers. The conduit further includes an outer axial tube that is disposed outwardly from the hydrogen barrier shell and is operable to form a hydrostatic pressure boundary for the fiber optic conduit.
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