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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 1987
Filed:
Jul. 11, 1985
Toshio Koishi, Sakado, JP;
Isao Tanaka, Kawagoe, JP;
Takashi Yasumura, Fujimi, JP;
Yukitoshi Nishikawa, Shiki, JP;
Central Glass Company, Limited, Ube, JP;
Abstract
The invention relates to an optical fiber of the step-index type in which the core material is poly(methyl methacrylate) or a copolymer of methyl methacrylate with another methacrylate or an acrylate. A copolymer of vinylidene fluoride with hexafluoroacetone is employed as the cladding material which makes good adhesion to the polymethacrylate core. When the amount of hexafluoroacetone is 4-20 mole %, the copolymer is low in crystallinity, high in transparency, appropriately low in refrax index and higher than 100.degree. C. in softening temperature, and can be extruded under the conditions suited to extrusion of poly(methyl methacrylate).