Method of manufacturing coated optical fibers

摘要

A method for coating an optical fiber (12) that includes: (a) applying a photopolymerizable composition to an optical fiber (12) comprising a surface coated with a first polymer coating; and (b) exposing the photopolymerizable composition to a source (14) of actinic radiation to form a second polymer coating under conditions which inhibit the production of thermally induced tensile stresses in the first polymer coating.