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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2020
Corning Research & Development Corporation, Corning, NY (US);
Adra Smith Baca, Hickory, NC (US);
Linda Sue Baker, Addison, NY (US);
Ming-Huang Huang, Ithaca, NY (US);
Christine Marie Mahoney Fahey, Corning, NY (US);
Wageesha Senaratne, Horseheads, NY (US);
Corning Research & Development Corporation, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a plasma treatment (under atmospheric conditions or under vacuum conditions) of a jacketed cable comprising a cable jacket and a heat shrink tubing. The plasma treatment improves retention properties of an optical fiber cable assembly by imparting a permanent change on a polymer surface of the cable jacket by cross-linking, leading to eventual graphitization, that can result in a diffusion barrier layer at an interface of the cable jacket and the heat shrink tubing, which prevents or minimizes plasticizer migration and results in an environmental seal (e.g., a long-term water tight seal).