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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jean-Pierre Hebert, Chatillon, FR;
Frédéric Donnaint, Clamart, FR;
Assignee:
Aerospatiale Matra, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/02 ;
Abstract
This invention relates to a self-degradable optical fiber, that is to say, an optical fiber that contains, within its own structure, compounds capable of leading to its degradation. This optical fiber comprises a core, a sheath and a polymer coating, in which at least one calixarene is incorporated in the coating, the calixarene(s) imprisoning at least one compound capable of being released under defined conditions of temperature and/or humidity and/or irradiation and of bringing about degradation of the coating. The invention also relates to a method of preparing this fiber and a wire guided device comprising this fiber.