Uniphase Telecommunications Products, Inc.

Anthony C Boncore, Jr

Paul E Dunn

Geary R Carrier

An optical fiber having a core, a cladding layer, a buffer layer, and a midsection for forming a hermetic seal to the fiber. First and second sections of a length of the optical fiber are separated by the midsection that includes a jacket hermetically sealed to the fiber, the jacket having a hermetically sealable outer surface. First and second stress relief joints are formed between the jacket and the buffer layers of the first and second sections of the length of the fiber. A method is disclosed for fabricating the optical fiber having a hermetically sealable section.

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Chicopee, MA, United States of America

Anthony C Boncore, Jr