WO2021019908A1 - 光ファイバリボン及び光ファイバケーブル - Google Patents
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- the present disclosure relates to optical fiber ribbons and optical fiber cables.
- This application claims the priority based on Japanese Application No. 2019-137900 filed on July 26, 2019, and incorporates all the contents described in the Japanese application.
- An optical fiber tape core wire in which a plurality of optical fiber strands are arranged and integrated by a batch coating layer is known (for example, Patent Document 1).
- the bulk coating layer is formed of a UV curable resin.
- the optical fiber ribbon according to one aspect of the present disclosure is an optical fiber ribbon in which a plurality of optical fibers are coated with a resin for ribbon, and the resin for ribbon is a base containing an oligomer, a monomer, and a photopolymerization initiator.
- An optical fiber ribbon which is a cured product of a resin composition containing a resin and inorganic oxide particles.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing an example of an optical fiber.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing an optical fiber ribbon according to an embodiment.
- the present disclosure has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present disclosure is to provide an optical fiber ribbon capable of realizing high lateral pressure characteristics and suppressing an increase in transmission loss.
- the optical fiber ribbon according to one aspect of the present disclosure is an optical fiber ribbon in which a plurality of optical fibers are coated with a ribbon resin, and the ribbon resin is a base containing an oligomer, a monomer, and a photopolymerization initiator. It is a cured product of a resin composition containing a resin and inorganic oxide particles. According to such an optical fiber ribbon, high lateral pressure characteristics can be realized and an increase in transmission loss can be suppressed. By including the inorganic oxide particles in the ribbon resin, Young's modulus can be increased without increasing the curing strain.
- the inorganic oxide particles improve the slipperiness of the surface of the optical fiber ribbon and suppress the sticking of the ribbons to each other. It is considered that this is because minute irregularities due to the inorganic oxide particles are formed on the ribbon surface. Further, since the inorganic substance is contained, the surface hardness can be increased as compared with the case where the same Young's modulus is obtained only with the organic substance. Due to these effects, it is considered that the optical fiber ribbon is unlikely to increase in loss even when it is made into a cable.
- the optical fiber ribbon according to the present embodiment can be sharply bent when it is stored at a high density. For example, even when an optical fiber having a diameter of 200 or less, which is said to have a low lateral pressure characteristic, is used, it is possible to suppress an increase in transmission loss during bobbin winding or cable formation.
- the inorganic oxide particles may be particles containing at least one selected from the group consisting of silicon dioxide, zirconium dioxide, aluminum oxide, magnesium oxide, titanium oxide, tin oxide and zinc oxide. These particles have excellent dispersibility in the resin composition, and the Young's modulus can be easily adjusted.
- the inorganic oxide particles may be hydrophobic. Inorganic oxide particles into which a hydrophobic group has been introduced are excellent in dispersibility in a resin composition.
- the content of the inorganic oxide particles may be 1% by mass or more and 45% by mass or less based on the total amount of the ribbon resin.
- the average primary particle size of the inorganic oxide particles may be 650 nm or less.
- the resin composition may further contain a lubricant.
- the Young's modulus of the ribbon resin may be 1100 MPa or more and 2500 MPa or less at 23 ° C.
- the optical fiber ribbon according to one aspect of the present disclosure is an optical fiber ribbon in which a plurality of optical fibers are coated with a ribbon resin, and the ribbon resin contains inorganic oxide particles and is a ribbon resin.
- the rate is 1100 MPa or more and 2500 MPa or less at 23 ° C. According to such an optical fiber ribbon, high lateral pressure characteristics can be realized and an increase in transmission loss can be suppressed.
- the ribbon resin may further contain a lubricant.
- the optical fiber cable according to one aspect of the present disclosure comprises the above-mentioned optical fiber ribbon housed in the cable.
- the optical fiber cable provided with the optical fiber ribbon can also achieve both high lateral pressure characteristics and low transmission loss.
- optical fiber ribbon is formed by coating a plurality of optical fibers with a ribbon resin.
- the ribbon resin (connecting resin) can be a cured product of a resin composition containing a base resin and inorganic oxide particles.
- the base resin contains oligomers, monomers and photopolymerization initiators.
- the oligomer preferably contains a urethane (meth) acrylate oligomer.
- a urethane (meth) acrylate oligomer an oligomer obtained by reacting a polyol compound, a polyisocyanate compound, and a hydroxyl group-containing (meth) acrylate compound can be used.
- the (meth) acrylate means an acrylate or a methacrylate corresponding thereto. The same applies to (meth) acrylic acid.
- polyol compound examples include polytetramethylene glycol, polypropylene glycol and bisphenol A / ethylene oxide-added diol.
- polyisocyanate compound examples include 2,4-tolylene diisocyanate, 2,6-tolylene diisocyanate, isophorone diisocyanate and dicyclohexylmethane 4,4'-diisocyanate.
- hydroxyl group-containing (meth) acrylate compound examples include 2-hydroxyethyl (meth) acrylate, 2-hydroxybutyl (meth) acrylate, 1,6-hexanediol mono (meth) acrylate, pentaerythritol tri (meth) acrylate, and the like. Examples thereof include 2-hydroxypropyl (meth) acrylate and tripropylene glycol di (meth) acrylate.
- the number average molecular weight (Mn) of the polyol compound may be 300 or more and 3000 or less.
- An organic tin compound is generally used as a catalyst when synthesizing a urethane (meth) acrylate oligomer.
- organotin compound examples include dibutyltin dilaurate, dibutyltin diacetate, dibutyltinmalate, dibutyltinbis (2-ethylhexyl mercaptoacetate), dibutyltinbis (isooctyl mercaptoacetate) and dibutyltin oxide. From the viewpoint of easy availability or catalytic performance, it is preferable to use dibutyltin dilaurate or dibutyltin diacetate as the catalyst.
- a lower alcohol having 5 or less carbon atoms may be used when synthesizing the urethane (meth) acrylate oligomer.
- the lower alcohol include methanol, ethanol, 1-propanol, 2-propanol, 1-butanol, 2-butanol, 2-methyl-2-propanol, 1-pentanol, 2-pentanol, 3-pentanol, and the like. Examples thereof include 2-methyl-1-butanol, 3-methyl-1-butanol, 2-methyl-2-butanol, 3-methyl-2-butanol and 2,2-dimethyl-1-propanol.
- the oligomer may further contain an epoxy (meth) acrylate oligomer.
- an epoxy (meth) acrylate oligomer an oligomer obtained by reacting an epoxy resin having two or more glycidyl groups with a compound having a (meth) acryloyl group can be used.
- a monofunctional monomer having one polymerizable group and a polyfunctional monomer having two or more polymerizable groups can be used. Two or more kinds of monomers may be mixed and used.
- Examples of the monofunctional monomer include methyl (meth) acrylate, ethyl (meth) acrylate, propyl (meth) acrylate, n-butyl (meth) acrylate, s-butyl (meth) acrylate, and tert-butyl (meth) acrylate.
- Heterocyclic ring-containing (meth) acrylates such as piperidine, N-acryloylpyrrolidin, 3- (3-pyridine) propyl (meth) acrylate, cyclic trimethylolpropanformal acrylate; maleimide, N-cyclohexyl maleimide, N-phenylmaleimide, etc.
- Aminoalkyl (meth) acrylate monomers such as aminopropyl (meth) acrylate, N, N-dimethylaminoethyl (meth) acrylate, tert-butylaminoethyl (meth) acrylate; N- (meth) acryloyl
- succinimide-based monomers such as oxymethylene succinimide, N- (meth) acryloyl-6-oxyhexamethylene succinimide, and N- (meth) acryloyl-8-oxyoctamethylene succinimide.
- polyfunctional monomer examples include ethylene glycol di (meth) acrylate, polyethylene glycol di (meth) acrylate, polypropylene glycol di (meth) acrylate, neopentyl glycol di (meth) acrylate, and tripropylene glycol di (meth) acrylate.
- Di (meth) acrylate of alkylene oxide adduct of bisphenol A tetraethylene glycol di (meth) acrylate, neopentyl glycol di (meth) acrylate of hydroxypivalate, 1,4-butanediol di (meth) acrylate, 1,6 -Hexanediol di (meth) acrylate, 1,9-nonanediol di (meth) acrylate, 1,12-dodecanediol di (meth) acrylate, 1,14-tetradecanediol di (meth) acrylate, 1,16-hexadecane EO addition of diol di (meth) acrylate, 1,20-eicosane diol di (meth) acrylate, isopentyl diol di (meth) acrylate, 3-ethyl-1,8-octane diol di (meth) acrylate, bisphenol A
- the photopolymerization initiator it can be appropriately selected from known radical photopolymerization initiators and used.
- the photopolymerization initiator include 1-hydroxycyclohexylphenyl ketone (Omnirad 184, manufactured by IGM Resins), 2,2-dimethoxy-2-phenylacetophenone, 1- (4-isopropylphenyl) -2-hydroxy-2-.
- Methylpropan-1-one bis (2,6-dimethoxybenzoyl) -2,4,4-trimethylpentylphosphine oxide, 2-methyl-1- [4- (methylthio) phenyl] -2-morpholino-propane-1 -On (Omnirad 907, manufactured by IGM Resins), 2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyldiphenylphosphine oxide (Omnirad TPO, manufactured by IGM Resins) and bis (2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyl) phenylphosphin oxide (Omnirad 819) , IGM Resins).
- the resin composition may further contain a silane coupling agent, a leveling agent, a defoaming agent, an antioxidant, a sensitizer, a lubricant and the like.
- the silane coupling agent is not particularly limited as long as it does not interfere with the curing of the resin composition.
- examples of the silane coupling agent include tetramethyl silicate, tetraethyl silicate, mercaptopropyltrimethoxysilane, vinyltrichlorosilane, vinyltriethoxysilane, vinyltris ( ⁇ -methoxy-ethoxy) silane, and ⁇ - (3,4-epylcyclohexyl).
- -Ethyltrimethoxysilane dimethoxydimethylsilane, diethoxydimethylsilane, 3-acryloxypropyltrimethoxysilane, ⁇ -glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane, ⁇ -glycidoxypropylmethyldiethoxysilane, ⁇ -methacryloxypropyl Trimethoxysilane, N- ( ⁇ -aminoethyl) - ⁇ -aminopropyltrimethoxysilane, N- ( ⁇ -aminoethyl) - ⁇ -aminopropyltrimethyldimethoxysilane, N-phenyl- ⁇ -aminopropyltrimethoxysilane, ⁇ -Chloropropyltrimethoxysilane, ⁇ -mercaptopropyltrimethoxysilane, ⁇ -aminopropyltrimethoxysilane, bis- [3- (triethoxysilyl) prop
- silicone oil is used as the lubricant.
- the silicone oil is preferably a high-molecular-weight silicone oil or a modified silicone oil in which a part of the dimethylsiloxane skeleton is modified with an organic group, which does not easily precipitate on the surface over time.
- the modified silicone oil include silicone oils modified with polyether, amine, epoxy, mercapto, (meth) acrylic, carboxyl and the like.
- the viscosity of the resin composition is preferably 300 mPa ⁇ s or more and 3500 mPa ⁇ s or less at 45 ° C., more preferably 300 mPa ⁇ s or more and 2500 mPa ⁇ s or less, and 300 mPa ⁇ s or more and 2000 mPa ⁇ s or less. Is more preferable. If the viscosity of the resin composition is too high, the coatability tends to decrease. On the other hand, if the viscosity of the resin composition is too low, uneven thickness tends to occur.
- the resin composition can be used as a coating material for an optical fiber as described later, but at that time, if the viscosity of the resin composition is too high, the coatability is lowered and the coating diameter when forming the resin layer becomes large. The optical fiber is not stable and easily breaks. On the other hand, if the viscosity of the resin composition is too low, the self-aligning force does not easily work, and uneven thickness tends to occur.
- the inorganic oxide particles are not particularly limited, but silicon dioxide (silica), zirconium dioxide (zirconia), aluminum oxide (alumina), from the viewpoint of excellent dispersibility in the resin composition and easy preparation of the Young ratio, It is preferable that the particles contain at least one selected from the group consisting of magnesium oxide (magnesia), titanium oxide (titania), tin oxide and zinc oxide. It is more preferable to use silica particles as the inorganic oxide particles from the viewpoints of low cost, easy surface treatment, ultraviolet transmission, and easy to impart appropriate hardness to the cured product.
- Inorganic oxide particles are preferably hydrophobic. Specifically, it is preferable that the surface of the inorganic oxide particles is hydrophobically treated with a silane compound.
- the hydrophobic treatment means introducing a hydrophobic group into the surface of the inorganic oxide particles.
- Inorganic oxide particles into which a hydrophobic group has been introduced are excellent in dispersibility in a resin composition.
- the hydrophobic group include an ultraviolet curable reactive group such as a (meth) acryloyl group and a vinyl group, or a non-reactive group such as a hydrocarbon group (for example, an alkyl group) and an aryl group (for example, a phenyl group). It may be a group.
- the inorganic oxide particles have a reactive group, it becomes easy to form a resin layer having a high Young's modulus.
- silane compound having a reactive group examples include 3-methacryloxypropyltrimethoxysilane, 3-acryloxypropyltrimethoxysilane, 3-methacryloxypropyltriethoxysilane, 3-acryloxypropyltriethoxysilane, and 8- Examples thereof include silane compounds such as metharoxyoctyltrimethoxysilane, 8-acryloxyoctyltrimethoxysilane, 7-octenyltrimethoxysilane, vinyltrimethoxysilane and vinyltriethoxysilane.
- silane compound having an alkyl group examples include methyltrimethoxysilane, dimethyldimethoxysilane, ethyltrimethoxysilane, propyltrimethoxysilane, butyltrimethoxysilane, pentiltrimethoxysilane, hexyltrimethoxysilane, and octyltrimethoxysilane.
- Examples thereof include methyltriethoxysilane, dimethyldiethoxysilane, ethyltriethoxysilane, propyltriethoxysilane, butyltriethoxysilane, pentyltriethoxysilane, hexyltriethoxysilane and octyltriethoxysilane.
- the inorganic oxide particles may be dispersed in a dispersion medium when added to the resin composition.
- the inorganic oxide particles can be uniformly dispersed in the resin composition, and the storage stability of the resin composition can be improved.
- the dispersion medium is not particularly limited as long as it does not inhibit the curing of the resin composition.
- the dispersion medium may be reactive or non-reactive.
- a monomer such as a (meth) acryloyl compound or an epoxy compound
- examples of the (meth) acrylic compound include 1,6-hexanediol di (meth) acrylate, EO-modified bisphenol A di (meth) acrylate, polyethylene glycol di (meth) acrylate, and PO-modified bisphenol A di (meth) acrylate.
- the (meth) acryloyl compound exemplified by the monomer described later may be used.
- a ketone solvent such as methyl ethyl ketone (MEK) or methyl isobutyl ketone (MIBK)
- an alcohol solvent such as methanol (methanol) or propylene glycol monomethyl ether (PGME), or propylene glycol monomethyl ether acetate
- An ester solvent such as (PGMEA)
- the base resin and the inorganic oxide particles dispersed in the dispersion medium may be mixed, and then a part of the dispersion medium may be removed to prepare a resin composition.
- the average primary particle size of the inorganic oxide particles may be 650 nm or less, preferably 600 nm or less, more preferably 500 nm or less, still more preferably 400 nm or less. From the viewpoint of excellent strength after curing, the average primary particle size of the inorganic oxide particles is preferably 5 nm or more, more preferably 10 nm or more.
- the average primary particle size can be measured by, for example, image analysis of electron micrographs, a light scattering method, a BET method, or the like.
- the dispersion medium in which the primary particles of the inorganic oxide particles are dispersed looks transparent visually when the particle size of the primary particles is small. When the particle size of the primary particles is relatively large (40 nm or more), the dispersion medium in which the primary particles are dispersed appears cloudy, but no precipitate is observed.
- the content of the inorganic oxide particles is 1% by mass or more and 45% by mass or less, preferably 2% by mass or more and 40% by mass or less, based on the total amount of the resin composition (total amount of the base resin and the inorganic oxide particles). More preferably, it is 3% by mass or more and 35% by mass or less.
- the content of the inorganic oxide particles is 1% by mass or more, it becomes easy to form a tough cured product.
- the content of the inorganic oxide particles is 45% by mass or less, it becomes easy to form a cured product in which the inorganic oxide particles are preferably dispersed. Since the total amount of the resin composition and the total amount of the cured product of the resin composition can be substantially the same, the above-mentioned regulation of the content of the inorganic oxide particles shall be applied to the total amount of the resin for ribbon. Can be done.
- the Young's modulus of the ribbon resin can be 1100 MPa or more and 2500 MPa or less at 23 ° C., but is preferably 1100 MPa or more and 2000 MPa or less, and more preferably 1400 MPa or more and 2000 MPa or less.
- the Young's modulus of the ribbon resin is 1100 MPa or more, the lateral pressure characteristics are easily improved, and when it is 2500 MPa or less, appropriate toughness can be imparted to the ribbon resin, so that the ribbon resin is less likely to crack.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing an example of an optical fiber.
- the optical fiber 10 includes a glass fiber 13 including a core 11 and a clad 12, and a coating resin layer 16 including a primary resin layer 14 and a secondary resin layer 15 provided on the outer periphery of the glass fiber 13.
- the clad 12 surrounds the core 11.
- the core 11 and the clad 12 mainly contain glass such as quartz glass.
- glass such as quartz glass.
- quartz glass or pure quartz glass to which germanium is added can be used for the core 11, and pure quartz glass or pure quartz glass or pure quartz glass can be used for the clad 12.
- Fused quartz glass to which fluorine has been added can be used.
- the outer diameter (D2) of the glass fiber 13 is about 100 ⁇ m or more and 125 ⁇ m or less, and the diameter (D1) of the core 11 constituting the glass fiber 13 is about 7 ⁇ m or more and about 15 ⁇ m or less.
- the thickness of the coating resin layer 16 is usually about 22 ⁇ m or more and 70 ⁇ m or less.
- the thickness of each of the primary resin layer 14 and the secondary resin layer 15 may be about 5 ⁇ m or more and 50 ⁇ m or less.
- the thickness of each layer of the primary resin layer 14 and the secondary resin layer 15 is about 10 ⁇ m or more and 50 ⁇ m or less.
- the thickness of the primary resin layer 14 may be 35 ⁇ m, and the thickness of the secondary resin layer 15 may be 25 ⁇ m.
- the outer diameter of the optical fiber 10 may be about 245 ⁇ m or more and 265 ⁇ m or less.
- the thickness of each layer of the primary resin layer 14 and the secondary resin layer 15 is about 10 ⁇ m or more and 38 ⁇ m or less.
- the thickness of the primary resin layer 14 may be 25 ⁇ m, and the thickness of the secondary resin layer 15 may be 10 ⁇ m.
- the outer diameter of the optical fiber 10 may be about 179 ⁇ m 221 ⁇ m or less.
- the thickness of each layer of the primary resin layer 14 and the secondary resin layer 15 is about 5 ⁇ m or more and 32 ⁇ m or less.
- the thickness of the primary resin layer 14 may be 25 ⁇ m, and the thickness of the secondary resin layer 15 may be 10 ⁇ m.
- the outer diameter of the optical fiber 10 may be about 144 ⁇ m or more and 174 ⁇ m or less.
- the above resin composition for forming the ribbon resin can be applied to the secondary resin layer.
- the secondary resin layer can be formed by curing a resin composition containing the above-mentioned inorganic oxide particles and a base resin. Thereby, the lateral pressure characteristic of the optical fiber can be improved.
- the method for producing an optical fiber includes a coating step of applying the above resin composition to the outer periphery of a glass fiber composed of a core and a clad, and a curing step of curing the resin composition by irradiating ultraviolet rays after the coating step. ,including.
- the Young's modulus of the secondary resin layer is preferably 1300 MPa or more, more preferably 1300 MPa or more and 3600 MPa or less, and further preferably 1400 MPa or more and 3000 MPa or less at 23 ° C.
- the Young's modulus of the secondary resin layer is 1300 MPa or more, the lateral pressure characteristics are easily improved, and when it is 3600 MPa or less, appropriate toughness can be imparted to the secondary resin layer, so that cracks or the like are less likely to occur in the secondary resin layer.
- the primary resin layer 14 can be formed by curing, for example, a resin composition containing a urethane (meth) acrylate oligomer, a monomer, a photopolymerization initiator and a silane coupling agent.
- a resin composition for the primary resin layer a conventionally known technique can be used.
- the urethane (meth) acrylate oligomer, monomer, photopolymerization initiator and silane coupling agent may be appropriately selected from the compounds exemplified in the above base resin.
- the resin composition forming the primary resin layer has a composition different from that of the base resin forming the secondary resin layer.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing an optical fiber ribbon according to an embodiment.
- the optical fiber ribbon 100 is formed by coating a plurality of optical fibers 10 with the ribbon resin 40 (integrally).
- the ribbon resin 40 integralally
- four optical fibers 10 are shown as an example, but the number of the optical fibers 10 is not particularly limited.
- the optical fibers 10 may be integrated in a state of being adjacently arranged in parallel, or a part or all of the optical fibers 10 may be integrated in a state of being arranged in parallel at regular intervals.
- the distance F between the centers of adjacent optical fibers 10 is preferably 250 ⁇ 30 ⁇ m or less. When the distance between the centers is 250 ⁇ m, it is easy to place the optical fiber in the existing V-groove, and an optical fiber ribbon having excellent batch fusion property can be obtained.
- the thickness T of the optical fiber ribbon 100 is preferably 164 ⁇ m or more and 285 ⁇ m or less, although it depends on the diameter of the optical fiber 10.
- the thickness of the ribbon resin at the center of the optical fibers 10 The ribbon can be 20 ⁇ m or more and 40 ⁇ m or less.
- the optical fiber cable is formed by housing the above-mentioned optical fiber ribbon in the cable.
- the optical fiber cable include a slot-type optical fiber cable having a plurality of slot grooves.
- the optical fiber ribbon can be mounted in the slot groove so that the mounting density in each slot groove is about 25% or more and 65% or less.
- the mounting density means the ratio of the cross-sectional area of the optical fiber ribbon mounted in the slot groove to the cross-sectional area of the slot groove.
- Resin composition for forming resin for ribbon (Oligomer)
- a urethane acrylate oligomer obtained by reacting polypropylene glycol having a molecular weight of 1000, 2,4-tolylene diisocyanate and 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate was prepared.
- Photopolymerization initiator As a photopolymerization initiator, 1-hydroxycyclohexylphenyl ketone and 2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyldiphenylphosphine oxide were prepared.
- Inorganic oxide particles As the inorganic oxide particles, hydrophobic silica particles having an average primary particle size of 10 nm or more and 15 nm or less, hydrophobic silica particles having an average primary particle size of 70 nm or more and 100 nm or less, and hydrophobic silica having an average primary particle size of 250 nm or more and 350 nm or less. Particles were prepared. These silica particles had a methacryloyl group and were dispersed in methyl ethyl ketone (MEK).
- MEK methyl ethyl ketone
- urethane acrylate oligomer 70 parts by mass of urethane acrylate oligomer, 10 parts by mass of 2-phenoxyethyl acrylate, 13 parts by mass of tripropylene glycol diacrylate, 5 parts by mass of N-vinylcaprolactam, 1 part by mass of 1-hydroxycyclohexylphenyl ketone, and 2,4,6-
- a base resin was prepared by mixing 1 part by mass of trimethylbenzoyldiphenylphosphine oxide.
- Example 7 silicone oil was added as a lubricant to the resin composition in the amount shown in Table 1.
- Resin composition for secondary resin layer 60 parts by mass of urethane acrylate oligomer, which is a reaction product of polypropylene glycol, isophorone diisocyanate and 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate having a molecular weight of 1000, 19 parts by mass of isobornyl acrylate, 20 parts by mass of trimethylpropan triacrylate, 2,4.
- a resin composition for a secondary resin layer was prepared by mixing with 1 part by mass of 6-trimethylbenzoyldiphenylphosphine oxide.
- Resin composition for primary resin layer 75 parts by mass of urethane acrylate oligomer which is a reaction product of polypropylene glycol, 2,4-tolylene diisocyanate, 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate and methanol having a molecular weight of 2000, 12 parts by mass of nonylphenol EO modified acrylate, 6 parts by mass of N-vinylcaprolactam, 1 , 6-Hexanediol diacrylate 2 parts by mass, 2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyldiphenylphosphine oxide 1 part by mass, and ⁇ -mercaptopropyltrimethoxysilane 1 part by mass are mixed to form a resin composition for the primary resin layer.
- urethane acrylate oligomer which is a reaction product of polypropylene glycol, 2,4-tolylene diisocyanate, 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate and methanol having a molecular weight of 2000, 12 parts by mass of nonylphenol
- a resin composition for a primary resin layer and a resin composition for a secondary resin layer are applied to the outer periphery of a glass fiber having a diameter of 125 ⁇ m composed of a core and a clad, and then irradiated with ultraviolet rays to form the resin composition.
- the line speed was 1500 m / min.
- a resin composition for forming a resin for a ribbon was applied to the outer periphery of the four optical fibers arranged in parallel adjacent to each other, and then the resin composition was cured by irradiating with ultraviolet rays. As a result, an optical fiber ribbon having a thickness (thickness T as shown in FIG. 2) of 230 ⁇ m was produced. The linear velocity at the time of curing the resin composition was 500 m / min.
- a slot-type optical fiber cable having 6 slot grooves was prepared.
- the optical fiber ribbon was mounted in the slot groove so that the mounting density in each slot groove was 50%.
- the mounting density means the ratio of the cross-sectional area of the optical fiber ribbon mounted in the slot groove to the cross-sectional area of the slot groove.
- the resin film was punched into a JIS K 7127 type 5 dumbbell shape and used as an evaluation sample.
- This evaluation sample was pulled under the conditions of 23 ⁇ 2 ° C. and 50 ⁇ 10% RH at a tensile speed of 1 mm / min and a distance between marked lines of 25 mm using a tensile tester to obtain a stress-strain curve. Then, Young's modulus was calculated by a 2.5% secant line.
- the optical fiber cable was allowed to stand in a low temperature (-40 ° C.) environment, and the value of the transmission loss when the wavelength of the signal light was 1.55 ⁇ m was measured. The measured values were evaluated according to the following criteria.
- the optical fiber ribbon of the example had excellent lateral pressure characteristics and was able to suppress an increase in transmission loss.
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Description
光ファイバテープ心線の側圧特性をより向上するべく、一括被覆層のヤング率を高めることが考えられる。しかしながら、例えばベース樹脂のオリゴマー分子量や、配合物の比率を調整することでヤング率を高めようとすると、ヤング率の上昇とともに、光ファイバに加わる硬化歪が上昇する虞がある。この硬化歪により、テープ心線の伝送損失が増加する傾向がある。
本開示によれば、高い側圧特性を実現できると共に、伝送損失の増加を抑制することのできる、光ファイバリボンを提供することができる。
最初に、本開示の実施形態の内容を列記して説明する。
本開示の一態様に係る光ファイバリボンは、複数本の光ファイバがリボン用樹脂により被覆されてなる光ファイバリボンであって、リボン用樹脂が、オリゴマー、モノマー及び光重合開始剤を含有するベース樹脂と、無機酸化物粒子と、を含む樹脂組成物の硬化物である。このような光ファイバリボンによれば、高い側圧特性を実現できると共に、伝送損失の増加を抑制することができる。リボン用樹脂に無機酸化物粒子を含めることにより、硬化歪を上昇させることなくヤング率を高めることができる。また、当該無機酸化物粒子により、光ファイバリボンの表面の滑り性が向上し、リボン同士の貼り付きを抑制できる。これは、無機酸化物粒子による微小な凹凸がリボン表面に形成されるためと考えられる。さらに、無機物が含まれることで、有機物だけで同程度のヤング率を得ようとする場合に比して表面硬度を高めることができる。これらの効果により、ケーブル化時にも損失増加し難い光ファイバリボンとなると考えられる。本実施形態に係る光ファイバリボンは、高密度に収納する際などに急峻に曲げることが可能である。例えば側圧特性が低いとされるφ200以下の光ファイバを用いた場合であっても、ボビン巻き時やケーブル化時における伝送損失増加を抑制することができる。
本開示の実施形態に係る光ファイバリボン及び光ファイバケーブルの具体例を、必要により図面を参照しつつ説明する。なお、本開示はこれらの例示に限定されず、請求の範囲によって示され、請求の範囲と均等の意味及び範囲内でのすべての変更が含まれることが意図される。以下の説明では、図面の説明において同一の要素には同一の符号を付し、重複する説明を省略する。
光ファイバリボンは、複数本の光ファイバがリボン用樹脂により被覆されてなるものである。
リボン用樹脂(連結樹脂)は、ベース樹脂と、無機酸化物粒子と、を含む樹脂組成物の硬化物とすることができる。ベース樹脂は、オリゴマー、モノマー及び光重合開始剤を含有する。
無機酸化物粒子としては特に制限されないが、樹脂組成物中での分散性に優れ、ヤング率を調製し易いという観点から、二酸化ケイ素(シリカ)、二酸化ジルコニウム(ジルコニア)、酸化アルミニウム(アルミナ)、酸化マグネシウム(マグネシア)、酸化チタン(チタニア)、酸化スズ及び酸化亜鉛からなる群より選ばれる少なくとも1種を含む粒子であることが好ましい。廉価である、表面処理がし易い、紫外線透過性を有する、硬化物に適度な硬さを付与し易い等の観点から、無機酸化物粒子として、シリカ粒子を用いることがより好ましい。
図1は、光ファイバの一例を示す概略断面図である。光ファイバ10は、コア11及びクラッド12を含むガラスファイバ13と、ガラスファイバ13の外周に設けられたプライマリ樹脂層14及びセカンダリ樹脂層15を含む被覆樹脂層16とを備えている。
光ファイバケーブルは、上記の光ファイバリボンがケーブル内に収納されてなるものである。光ファイバケーブルとしては例えば、複数のスロット溝を有するスロット型の光ファイバケーブルが挙げられる。スロット溝内には、上記光ファイバリボンを、各スロット溝における実装密度が25%以上65%以下程度となるように実装することができる。実装密度とは、スロット溝の断面積に対するスロット溝内に実装される光ファイバリボンの断面積の割合を意味する。
(オリゴマー)
オリゴマーとして、分子量1000のポリプロピレングリコール、2,4-トリレンジイソシアネート及び2-ヒドロキシエチルアクリレートを反応させることにより得られたウレタンアクリレートオリゴマーを準備した。
モノマーとして、2-フェノキシエチルアクリレート、トリプロピレングリコールジアクリレート、及びN-ビニルカプロラクタムを準備した。
光重合開始剤として、1-ヒドロキシシクロヘキシルフェニルケトン及び2,4,6-トリメチルベンゾイルジフェニルホスフィンオキシドを準備した。
無機酸化物粒子として、平均一次粒径が10nm以上15nm以下の疎水性シリカ粒子、平均一次粒径が70nm以上100nm以下の疎水性シリカ粒子、及び平均一次粒径が250nm以上350nm以下の疎水性シリカ粒子を準備した。これらのシリカ粒子は、メタクリロイル基を有しており、メチルエチルケトン(MEK)に分散されていた。
分子量1000のポリプロピレングリコール、イソホロンジイソシアネート及び2-ヒドロキシエチルアクリレートの反応物であるウレタンアクリレートオリゴマー60質量部と、イソボルニルアクリレート19質量部と、トリメチロールプロパントリアクリレート20質量部と、2,4,6-トリメチルベンゾイルジフェニルホスフィンオキシド1質量部とを混合して、セカンダリ樹脂層用の樹脂組成物を調製した。
分子量2000のポリプロピレングリコール、2,4-トリレンジイソシアネート、2-ヒドロキシエチルアクリレート及びメタノールの反応物であるウレタンアクリレートオリゴマー75質量部、ノニルフェノールEO変性アクリレート12質量部、N-ビニルカプロラクタム6質量部、1,6-ヘキサンジオールジアクリレート2質量部、2,4,6-トリメチルベンゾイルジフェニルホスフィンオキシド1質量部、及びγ-メルカプトプロピルトリメトキシシラン1質量部を混合して、プライマリ樹脂層用の樹脂組成物を調製した。
コア及びクラッドから構成される直径125μmのガラスファイバの外周に、プライマリ樹脂層用の樹脂組成物と、セカンダリ樹脂層用の樹脂組成物とを塗布し、その後、紫外線を照射させることで樹脂組成物を硬化させ、厚さ20μmのプライマリ樹脂層とその外周に厚さ17.5μmのセカンダリ樹脂層を形成して、直径200μmの光ファイバを作製した。線速は1500m/分とした。
隣接して並列された4本の上記光ファイバの外周に、リボン用樹脂形成用の樹脂組成物を塗布し、その後、紫外線を照射させることで樹脂組成物を硬化させた。これにより、厚さ(図2で示すところの厚さT)が230μmの光ファイバリボンを作製した。樹脂組成物を硬化させる際の線速は500m/分とした。
6つのスロット溝を有するスロット型の光ファイバケーブルを準備した。上記光ファイバリボンは、各スロット溝における実装密度が50%となるようにスロット溝内に実装された。実装密度とは、スロット溝の断面積に対するスロット溝内に実装される光ファイバリボンの断面積の割合を意味する。
実施例及び比較例で得られたリボン用樹脂形成用の樹脂組成物、光ファイバケーブルを用いて、以下の評価を行った。結果を表2に示す。
スピンコータを用いて、樹脂組成物をポリエチレンテレフタレート(PET)フィルムの上に塗布した後、無電極UVランプシステム(Dバルブ)(ヘレウス製)を用いて、1000±100mJ/cm2の条件で硬化させた。これによりPETフィルム上に厚み200±20μmの樹脂層を形成した。樹脂層をPETフィルムから剥がし、樹脂フィルムを得た。
光ファイバケーブルを低温(-40℃)環境下に静置し、信号光の波長が1.55μmの時の伝送損失の値を測定した。測定値を以下の基準に従い評価した。
A:伝送損失が0.3dB/km以下。
B:伝送損失が0.3dB/km超0.5dB/km以下。
C:伝送損失が0.5dB/km超。
11 コア
12 クラッド
13 ガラスファイバ
14 プライマリ樹脂層
15 セカンダリ樹脂層
16 被覆樹脂層
40 リボン用樹脂
100 光ファイバリボン
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- 複数本の光ファイバがリボン用樹脂により被覆されてなる光ファイバリボンであって、
前記リボン用樹脂が、オリゴマー、モノマー及び光重合開始剤を含有するベース樹脂と、無機酸化物粒子と、を含む樹脂組成物の硬化物である、光ファイバリボン。 - 前記無機酸化物粒子が、二酸化ケイ素、二酸化ジルコニウム、酸化アルミニウム、酸化マグネシウム、酸化チタン、酸化スズ及び酸化亜鉛からなる群より選ばれる少なくとも1種を含む粒子である、請求項1に記載の光ファイバリボン。
- 前記無機酸化物粒子が疎水性である、請求項1又は請求項2に記載の光ファイバリボン。
- 前記無機酸化物粒子の含有量が、前記リボン用樹脂の総量を基準として、1質量%以上45質量%以下である、請求項1から請求項3のいずれか一項に記載の光ファイバリボン。
- 前記無機酸化物粒子の平均一次粒径が650nm以下である、請求項1から請求項4のいずれか一項に記載の光ファイバリボン。
- 前記樹脂組成物が、さらに滑剤を含む、請求項1から請求項5のいずれか一項に記載の光ファイバリボン。
- 前記リボン用樹脂のヤング率が、23℃で1100MPa以上2500MPa以下である、請求項1から請求項6のいずれか一項に記載の光ファイバリボン。
- 複数本の光ファイバがリボン用樹脂により被覆されてなる光ファイバリボンであって、
前記リボン用樹脂が、無機酸化物粒子を含み、
前記リボン用樹脂のヤング率が、23℃で1100MPa以上2500MPa以下である、光ファイバリボン。 - 前記リボン用樹脂が、さらに滑剤を含む、請求項8に記載の光ファイバリボン。
- 請求項1から請求項9のいずれか一項に記載の光ファイバリボンがケーブル内に収納されてなる、光ファイバケーブル。
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