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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2006
Christopher B. Walker, Jr., St. Paul, MN (US);
D. Scott Thompson, Woodbury, MN (US);
Dora M. Paolucci, Austin, TX (US);
John T. Brady, White Bear Township, MN (US);
Christopher B. Walker, Jr., St. Paul, MN (US);
D. Scott Thompson, Woodbury, MN (US);
Dora M. Paolucci, Austin, TX (US);
John T. Brady, White Bear Township, MN (US);
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a coated optical fiber comprising: a siliceous optical fiber including a core inside a cladding; and a cured coating comprising: a thermally cured polyorganosilsesquioxane; and an oxide powder dispersed in said cured polyorganosilsesquioxane, wherein said oxide powder has a refractive index from about 1.2 to about 2.7 and includes a plurality of particles having a particle size less than about 100 nanometers, said cured coating having adhesion to said siliceous optical fiber and further having transparency to ultraviolet radiation. Also disclosed herein is a fiber optic device comprising the optical fiber.