Optical fiber sheet and method and apparatus for fabrication thereof

摘要

A method for the fabrication of an optical fiber sheet, which comprises supplying a number of optical fibers, arranging them in a plane so that they do not intersect one another, holding the optical fibers by a tool having a clearance slightly larger than the size of the fibers, constringing the fibers in the held portion in the lateral direction to bring them close to one another so that the fibers are contacted with one another, and applying an adhesive to the contacted portion of the fibers and solidifying the adhesive to fix the fibers in the sheet-like form, an apparatus for carrying out the method and an optical fiber sheet prepared according to the method.