The mechanical reliability of stripped and recoated polyimide fibres for optical fibre sensors

Andrew J. Tarpey; Stephen N. Kukureka; Kerstin Jurkschat

doi:10.1117/12.481335

The mechanical reliability of stripped and recoated polyimide fibres for optical fibre sensors

Andrew J. Tarpey^*, Stephen N. Kukureka, Kerstin Jurkschat

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Metallurgy and Materials

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Abstract

A study is made into the effect of stripping the polyimide coating by hot acid immersion on the tensile fracture stress of polyimide-coated optical fibre. It is shown that the strength does not degrade for one or multiple lengths of stripped fibre, nor for long (lengths up to 150 mm) stripped areas. Recoating with polyimide is performed and it is shown that, although strength degradation can occur due to the increased handling, it does not necessarily do so. Strength distributions of pristine, chemically-stripped, laser-ablated and recoated fibres indicate the magnitude of flaws introduced by handling, which are likely to be the cause of strength degradation.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	141-151
Number of pages	11
Journal	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	4639
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.481335
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2002
Event	Optical Fiber and Fiber Component Mechanical Reliability and Testing - San Jose, CA, United States Duration: 21 Jan 2002 → 21 Jan 2002

Keywords

Flaw size
Optical fibre
Polyimide
Recoating
Stripping

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Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Condensed Matter Physics

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The mechanical reliability of stripped and recoated polyimide fibres for optical fibre sensors

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