Low attenuation optical fiber of deuterated polymer

USRE31868E · kind E · reissue

Assignee

• Mitsubishi Electric Corporation · JP

Inventors

• John K. Beasley · Wilmington, US
• Richard Beckerbauer · Wilmington, US
• Henry Max Schleinitz · Dennis, US
• Frank C. Wilson · Wilmington, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 28, 1983
• Grant date: Apr 16, 1985
• Expiry date: Mar 28, 2003

Classification

• Technology area (CPC —): General

Abstract

Light-transmitting optical fiber having a core of a .[.deuterated acrylate.]. polymer .Iadd.selected from the group consisting of a deuterated methacrylate homopolymer, a deuterated methacrylate copolymer and a deuterated methacrylate/acrylate copolymer which .Iaddend.exhibits remarkably high transmission of light in the visible and at certain wavelengths in the near-infrared region of the spectrum.