JP2004184881A - Coating structure of thin film optical fiber - Google Patents

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JP2004184881A
JP2004184881A JP2002354344A JP2002354344A JP2004184881A JP 2004184881 A JP2004184881 A JP 2004184881A JP 2002354344 A JP2002354344 A JP 2002354344A JP 2002354344 A JP2002354344 A JP 2002354344A JP 2004184881 A JP2004184881 A JP 2004184881A
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Akira Namazue
彰 鯰江
Itaru Ishida
格 石田
Tetsuo Hayano
哲雄 早野
Takeshi Shimomichi
毅 下道
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<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a thin film coated optical fiber which has an optical fiber stopped from extruding by setting an adhesive strength to a thin film resin layer of a second layered coating layer to a prescribed value or higher. <P>SOLUTION: In a coating structure of the thin film coated optical fiber where a two or three-layered protection coating layer is provided on a thin film coating layer 14 coating a bare optical fiber 13, the second layered coating layer 16 coated following the thin film coating layer 14 is made of a UV curing resin of which the adhesive strength to the thin film coating layer 14 is ≥10g/mm. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI

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【0001】
【産業上の利用分野】
この発明は、光ファイバ裸線を被覆した薄膜被覆層に2層もしくは3層から成る保護被覆層を設けた薄膜光ファイバの被覆構造に関する。
【0002】
【従来の技術】
近年、光ファイバを接続するに際し、圧着型コネクターを用いて接続する方法が多用されつつあり、それに伴い、光ファイバ裸線を構成するクラッド層上に、このクラッド層に対して密着性の良い非剥離性の薄膜被覆層を被覆することが知られている。(特許文献1参照)。
【0003】
図3はこのような薄膜被覆層を有する光ファイバ心線の断面図であって、通常5μmから15μmのコア1及びクラッド2から成るSM光ファイバ裸線3の上に薄膜のUV硬化型樹脂(薄膜樹脂層4)が被覆され光ファイバ素線5を形成している。この薄膜樹脂層4の外径は125μmであり、この上に更にUV硬化型樹脂から成る第2層目被覆層6、第3層目被覆層7が保護被覆層として被覆されて光ファイバ心線8が仕上げられている。
【0004】
【特許文献1】
特開2000−81552号公報(第2−3頁、第1図)。
【0005】
【発明が解決しようとする課題】
しかしながら、上述した従来の光ファイバ心線8は、第2層目被覆層6の薄膜樹脂層4に対する密着力が何ら考慮されていないために、例えばその密着力が小さいと、光ファイバ裸線3と薄膜樹脂層4から成る光ファイバ素線5が第2層目被覆層6と第3層目被覆層7から成る保護被覆層より軸方向に突き出す、いわゆる心線の突き出し(ピストニング)現象が生じることがあり、光コネクター接続時に伝送特性が低減しないスムーズな接続を実現できない恐れがあった。
【0006】
本発明はこのような事情に鑑みて成されたもので、その目的とするところは、第2層目被覆層の薄膜樹脂層4に対する密着力を所定値以上にすることで、光ファイバ素線5の突き出しを抑制した薄膜光ファイバ心線を提供することにある。
【0007】
【課題を解決するための手段】
上記課題を解決するために、本発明の薄膜光ファイバの被覆構造は、光ファイバ裸線を被覆した薄膜被覆層に2層もしくは3層から成る保護被覆層を設けた薄膜光ファイバの被覆構造であって、前記薄膜被覆層の次に被覆する第2層目の被覆層は、該薄膜被覆層に対する密着力が10g/mm以上の紫外線硬化型樹脂とすることにある。
このようにすることにより、薄膜被覆層に対する保護被覆層の密着力が10g/mm以上であれば、光ファイバ素線が保護被覆層から突き出す現象を抑制することができる。
【0008】
【実施例】
図1は本発明の光ファイバ心線の断面図であって、以下、本発明の光ファイバ心線の構造を図1に基づいて説明する。
10は光ファイバ心線であり、中央にガラスファイバのコア11とクラッド12から成る光ファイバ裸線13と、その外周を取り巻く裸線保護と機械的強度の補償のための樹脂から成る薄膜の被覆層(薄膜被覆層)14とで光ファイバ素線15を構成している。
【0009】
この薄膜被覆層14は仕上がり外径が略125μmで、UV硬化型(紫外線硬化型)樹脂で成形され、クラッド12に対して剥離しないように被覆されている。
【0010】
薄膜被覆層14の外周には、更に2層目となるソフトUV被覆層(第2層目被覆層)16と、3層目となるハードUV被覆層(第3層目被覆層)17が被覆されている。これら2層目及び3層目の被覆層16,17は、光ファイバ裸線13の保護効果の大きいもの、すなわち側圧や温度変化による伝送損失を抑えることができるものであることが望ましい。
【0011】
そこで、薄膜被覆層14に対する2層目の被覆層16の密着力を種々変化させた光ファイバ心線10を多数用意して、密着力の評価テストを行った。図2は評価テストに用いた冶具の概略図である。
【0012】
図2において、光ファイバ心線10をその心線径にあった溝を有する固定具20に所定長接着し、2層目及び3層目の被覆層16,17に円周上の切り目を入れ、2層目及び3層目の被覆層16,17から1層目である薄膜被覆層14が塗布されたままの石英ガラスを、3mm/minの引っ張り速度で任意の長さ引き抜き、そのときの最大応力をロードセル21で計測した。密着力の大きさは密着力の指標となる引き抜き力、即ち心線に作用した最大応力を固定具20に固定した心線長で除した値とする。
【0013】
テスト結果は、表1に示すように、引き抜き力が略10g/mm以上のものでは光ファイバ素線15の突き出し量が30μmから40μm程度であるが、引き抜き力が10g/mm以下、例えば、5g/mmとなると、突き出し量が350μmと飛躍的に増大することが判明した。
【表1】

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【0014】
なお、突き出し量の計測は、長さ1.5mの光ファイバ心線を用い、−40℃/85℃のヒートショックを500サイクル(各温度30分保持)行ったあとで行った。
【0015】
以上の結果から、第2層目の被覆層16の薄膜被覆層14に対する密着力を10g/mm以上とすれば、突き出し量が小さく抑えられ、光コネクタによるスムーズな接続が確保できることが確認できた。
【0016】
【発明の効果】
本発明によれば、次のような効果が得られる。
(a)請求項1の発明によれば、薄膜被覆層に対する保護被覆層の密着力が10g/mm以上であれば、光ファイバ素線が保護被覆層から突き出す現象を抑制することができる。
【図面の簡単な説明】
【図1】本発明の光ファイバ心線の断面図である。
【図2】評価テストに用いた冶具の概略図である。
【図3】従来の光ファイバ心線の断面図である。
【符号の説明】
1,11・・・コア
2,12・・・クラッド
3,13・・・光ファイバ裸線
4,14・・・薄膜被覆層
5,15・・・光ファイバ素線
6・・・2層目被覆層
7・・・3層目被覆層
8,10・・・光ファイバ心線
16・・・2層目となるソフトUV被覆層(2層目被覆層)
17・・・3層目となるハードUV被覆層(3層目被覆層)
20・・・固定具
21・・・ロードセル[0001]
[Industrial applications]
The present invention relates to a thin-film optical fiber coating structure in which two or three protective coating layers are provided on a thin-film coating layer covering an optical fiber bare wire.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In recent years, when connecting optical fibers, a method of connecting using a crimp-type connector has been frequently used, and accordingly, a non-adhesive layer having good adhesion to the cladding layer on the cladding layer constituting the bare optical fiber has been used. It is known to coat a releasable thin film coating layer. (See Patent Document 1).
[0003]
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of an optical fiber core having such a thin film coating layer. The thin film UV-curable resin (typically a 5 μm to 15 μm SM optical fiber comprising a core 1 and a clad 2) The thin-film resin layer 4) is covered to form an optical fiber 5. The outer diameter of the thin film resin layer 4 is 125 μm, and a second coating layer 6 and a third coating layer 7 made of a UV-curable resin are further coated thereon as a protective coating layer. 8 are finished.
[0004]
[Patent Document 1]
JP-A-2000-81552 (page 2-3, FIG. 1).
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, the conventional optical fiber core 8 described above does not consider the adhesion of the second coating layer 6 to the thin-film resin layer 4 at all. A so-called core wire sticking (pistoning) phenomenon occurs in which the optical fiber 5 composed of the thin film resin layer 4 and the protective coating composed of the second coating layer 6 and the third coating layer 7 protrudes in the axial direction. In some cases, when the optical connector is connected, there is a possibility that a smooth connection in which the transmission characteristics are not reduced cannot be realized.
[0006]
The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to increase the adhesion of the second coating layer to the thin film resin layer 4 to a predetermined value or more so that the optical fiber strand can be formed. It is another object of the present invention to provide a thin-film optical fiber in which the protrusion of the optical fiber is suppressed.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above problems, a coating structure of a thin film optical fiber according to the present invention is a coating structure of a thin film optical fiber in which a protective coating layer composed of two or three layers is provided on a thin film coating layer covering an optical fiber bare wire. The second coating layer to be coated next to the thin film coating layer is an ultraviolet curable resin having an adhesion to the thin film coating layer of 10 g / mm or more.
By doing so, when the adhesion of the protective coating layer to the thin film coating layer is 10 g / mm or more, the phenomenon that the optical fiber strand protrudes from the protective coating layer can be suppressed.
[0008]
【Example】
FIG. 1 is a sectional view of an optical fiber core of the present invention. Hereinafter, the structure of the optical fiber core of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
Reference numeral 10 denotes an optical fiber core, which is a bare optical fiber 13 having a glass fiber core 11 and a clad 12 at the center, and a thin film made of resin for protecting the bare wire surrounding the outer periphery and compensating for mechanical strength. The layer (thin film coating layer) 14 constitutes the optical fiber 15.
[0009]
The thin film coating layer 14 has a finished outer diameter of about 125 μm, is formed of a UV-curable (ultraviolet-curable) resin, and is coated on the clad 12 so as not to peel off.
[0010]
The outer periphery of the thin film coating layer 14 is further covered with a soft UV coating layer (second coating layer) 16 as a second layer and a hard UV coating layer (third layer coating layer) 17 as a third layer. Have been. It is desirable that the second and third coating layers 16 and 17 have a large effect of protecting the bare optical fiber 13, that is, can suppress transmission loss due to lateral pressure and temperature change.
[0011]
Therefore, a number of optical fiber core wires 10 in which the adhesion of the second coating layer 16 to the thin film coating layer 14 was variously changed were prepared, and an evaluation test of the adhesion was performed. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the jig used for the evaluation test.
[0012]
In FIG. 2, the optical fiber core 10 is bonded to a fixture 20 having a groove corresponding to the core diameter for a predetermined length, and circumferential cuts are made in the second and third coating layers 16 and 17. The quartz glass with the first thin film coating layer 14 applied from the second and third coating layers 16 and 17 is drawn at an arbitrary length at a pulling speed of 3 mm / min. The maximum stress was measured by the load cell 21. The magnitude of the adhesion is defined as a value obtained by dividing the pullout force serving as an index of the adhesion, that is, the maximum stress applied to the core by the length of the core fixed to the fixture 20.
[0013]
As shown in Table 1, as shown in Table 1, when the pulling force is approximately 10 g / mm or more, the amount of protrusion of the optical fiber 15 is about 30 μm to 40 μm, but the pulling force is 10 g / mm or less, for example, 5 g. / Mm, it has been found that the protrusion amount is drastically increased to 350 μm.
[Table 1]
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[0014]
The amount of protrusion was measured using an optical fiber core having a length of 1.5 m and after performing 500 cycles of heat shock at -40 ° C / 85 ° C (holding each temperature for 30 minutes).
[0015]
From the above results, it was confirmed that when the adhesion of the second coating layer 16 to the thin film coating layer 14 was 10 g / mm or more, the amount of protrusion was reduced, and smooth connection by the optical connector could be secured. .
[0016]
【The invention's effect】
According to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained.
(A) According to the first aspect of the present invention, when the adhesion of the protective coating layer to the thin film coating layer is 10 g / mm or more, the phenomenon that the optical fiber strands protrude from the protective coating layer can be suppressed.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a sectional view of an optical fiber core of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a jig used for an evaluation test.
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a conventional optical fiber.
[Explanation of symbols]
1, 11 ... core 2, 12 ... clad 3, 13 ... bare optical fiber wire 4, 14 ... thin film coating layer 5, 15 ... optical fiber wire 6 ... second layer Coating layer 7: Third coating layer 8, 10 Optical fiber core 16: Soft UV coating layer to be the second layer (second coating layer)
17: Hard UV coating layer to be the third layer (third layer coating layer)
20: Fixture 21: Load cell

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光ファイバ裸線を被覆した薄膜被覆層に2層もしくは3層から成る保護被覆層を設けた薄膜光ファイバの被覆構造であって、前記薄膜被覆層の次に被覆する第2層目の被覆層は、該薄膜被覆層に対する密着力が10g/mm以上の紫外線硬化型樹脂である薄膜光ファイバの被覆構造。A thin-film optical fiber coating structure in which a protective coating layer composed of two or three layers is provided on a thin-film coating layer coated with an optical fiber bare wire, wherein a second coating layer is coated next to the thin-film coating layer Is a coating structure of a thin-film optical fiber which is an ultraviolet-curable resin having an adhesion to the thin-film coating layer of 10 g / mm or more.
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