RE-COATED OPTICAL FIBERS AND METHODS OF RE-COATING OPTICAL FIBERS

摘要

According to embodiments described herein, a coated optical fiber may include a first coated optical fiber segment, a second coated optical fiber segment, and a splice-junction coating. The end portion of the first fiber segment and the end portion of the second fiber segment may abut one another end-to-end. The splice-junction coating may encapsulate the first end portion and the second end portion and contact the at least one coating of the first coated optical fiber segment and the at least one coating of second coated optical fiber segment. The splice-junction coating may be a cured polymer product of a precursor composition. The precursor composition may include from 0 wt% to 1 wt% of total oligomers and at least 90 wt% of total monomers. A Young's modulus of the cured polymer product may be greater than or equal to 1800 MPa.