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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2007
Seldon David Benjamin, Painted Post, NY (US);
Dana Craig Bookbinder, Corning, NY (US);
Timothy Edward Myers, Painted Post, NY (US);
Michael Heath Rasmussen, Keller, TX (US);
Seldon David Benjamin, Painted Post, NY (US);
Dana Craig Bookbinder, Corning, NY (US);
Timothy Edward Myers, Painted Post, NY (US);
Michael Heath Rasmussen, Keller, TX (US);
Corning Cable Systems LLC, Hickory, NC (US);
Abstract
A polymer based index-matching gel for use with nanostructure optical fibers is disclosed. The index-matching gel has a viscosity η at 25° C. of 3 Pa-s≦η≦100 Pa-s, which prevents the index-matching gel from wicking into the voids and down the nanostructure optical fiber to a depth where the fiber performance and/or device performance is compromised. The gel is suitable for use when mechanically splicing optical fibers when at least one of the optical fibers is a nanostructure optical fiber. The gel is also suitable for use in fiber optic connectors wherein at least one of the optical fibers constituting the connection is a nanostructure optical fiber.