COLORED RADIATION CURABLE COATING COMPOSITIONS FOR IDENTIFYING TELECOMMUNICATIONS ELEMENTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS ELEMENTS COATED THEREBY

摘要

A telecommunication element having a curable color identifying polymeric coating thereon is disclosed. The telecommunication element comprises an elongated communication transmission medium, such as an optical fiber (10) or an optical fiber ribbon (22), and a radiation cured polymeric coating (16) having an identifying color applied on at least a portion of the transmission medium. The identifying color in the polymeric coating is provided by chromophore molecules that are covalently bonded thereto. Coating compositions and a method are also disclosed.