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Contemporary optical fibers employ a dual-layer UV-curable acrylate-polymer coating system for protecting the glass. The outer primary coating protects the glass fiber from mechanical-handling damage, and the inner primary serves as a buffer, reducing microbend losses due to mechanically or environmentally induced stress.
© 1995 Optical Society of America
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