OPTICAL FIBER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME

摘要

[Object] The present invention has the object of providing an optical fiber enabling high-speed communication, that exhibits superior transparency and excellent flexibility, and that includes trichloroethyl methacrylate as a main component of the core portion monomer. [Means for Solving Problem] An optical fiber configured from a core portion and a cladding portion disposed on an outer periphery of the core portion, wherein the core portion is formed by a main constituent component of a polymer of monomers that include at least 70 wt% of trichloroethyl methacrylate (TCEMA), the cladding portion is formed by a main constituent component of a polymer of monomers which include at least 20 wt% of methyl methacrylate (MMA).