POLYMERIC OPTICAL FIBER FORMULATION, METHOD OF FABRICATION, AND USES THEREFOR

摘要

A polymeric optical fiber is the reaction product of: from about 100 parts to about 80 parts of at least one methacrylate monomer derived from the esterification of methacrylic acid with an alcohol having at least 4 carbon atoms; and from about 0 part to about 20 parts of at least one free-radically polymerizable ethylenically-unsaturated cross-linking agent. The polymeric optical fiber of the invention exhibits light transmission over a temperature range of from about -40 DEG C to about 125 DEG C and further exhibits long-term (on the order of weeks) thermal stability and flexibility during aging at temperatures up to about 125 DEG C without degradation of physical and optical properties.