Análise combinada dos efeitos dos revestimentos nas propriedades de fibras ópticas comerciais
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2007-01-26
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Carvalho, Gisele de [UNESP]
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Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
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A integridade das rotas ópticas depende da confiabilidade das fibras, que é afetada pelas condições de fabricação das fibras e cabos (matérias primas empregadas na fabricação do vidro e do revestimento e processo de fabricação) e pelas condições de operação da rota (ambiente da rota óptica e as tensões aplicadas durante o lançamento e vida útil). O objetivo deste trabalho é avaliar a degradação dos materiais que compõem as fibras ópticas e as consequências das variações de seus aspectos físico-químicos nas propriedades mecânicas e ópticas das fibras. Para tal foram realizados três tipos de envelhecimento nas amostras: 1 - envelhecimento hidrotérmico (em água deionizada a 85°C por 14, 28 e 49 dias) de amostras com revestimento acrilato e de carbono; 2 - envelhecimento em campo resultante em perda de confiabilidade mecânica e óptica; e 3 - envelhecimento por passagem de 500 mW, sob raio de curvatura de 10mm durante 30 minutos em de amostras com revestimento acrilato e de carbono. Observou-se que para o primeiro método de revestimento, as amostras revestidas têm resistência mecânica mais baixa que as amostras decapadas com H2SO4 a quente, possivelmente devido à mudança local de pH ou a atividade da água na superfície vítrea, dependendo do mecanismo de degradação do revestimento: cross link ou cisão de cadeias. No segundo método de envelhecimento, para as amostras com problemas de resistência mecânica, notou-se que o problema se encontrou na formulação dos revestimentos, faltando plastificante no revestimento primário e excedendo o mesmo material no revestimento secundário. Esse efeito tornou o polímero interno menos aderido ao vidro, e o externo menos capaz de suportar as tensões mecânicas normais de utilização da fibra óptica, tornando o guia de onda menos resistente mecanicamente.
The integrity of optic network depends on the reliability of optical fibers, affected by cable and fibers manufacture conditions (materials and process) and by the environmental use conditions (tensions applied during installation and long term use). The objective of this work is to evaluate degradation of the materials and the consequences of its physical-chemical aspects variations in the mechanical and optic properties of fibers. So, three types of aging in the samples had been carried through: 1 - hydro-thermal aging (in deionized water at 85°C for 14, 28 and 49 days) of samples with acrilate and carbon coatings; 2 - field aging resulting in loss of mechanical and optical reliability; and 3 - aging by optical power of 500 mW, under 10 observed that for the first covering method, the coated samples had lower mechanical resistance than the uncoated samples (with hot H2SO4), due to local change of pH or changes of water activity in the glass surface, depending on the degradation mechanism of the coating material: cross link or chain scission. In the second aging method, for the samples with mechanical reliability problems, we noted the problem was in the formularization of coating, where it was missing plasticizer in the primary coating and exceed in the secondary coating. This effect became internal polymer not adhered enough to the glass, and external one incapable to support the normal mechanical tensions of use of an optic fiber, causing low mechanical reliability. For the samples with problems of optical attenuation, the cause of the problem was the wrong preparation of secondary coating, evidenced by its high Tg value.
The integrity of optic network depends on the reliability of optical fibers, affected by cable and fibers manufacture conditions (materials and process) and by the environmental use conditions (tensions applied during installation and long term use). The objective of this work is to evaluate degradation of the materials and the consequences of its physical-chemical aspects variations in the mechanical and optic properties of fibers. So, three types of aging in the samples had been carried through: 1 - hydro-thermal aging (in deionized water at 85°C for 14, 28 and 49 days) of samples with acrilate and carbon coatings; 2 - field aging resulting in loss of mechanical and optical reliability; and 3 - aging by optical power of 500 mW, under 10 observed that for the first covering method, the coated samples had lower mechanical resistance than the uncoated samples (with hot H2SO4), due to local change of pH or changes of water activity in the glass surface, depending on the degradation mechanism of the coating material: cross link or chain scission. In the second aging method, for the samples with mechanical reliability problems, we noted the problem was in the formularization of coating, where it was missing plasticizer in the primary coating and exceed in the secondary coating. This effect became internal polymer not adhered enough to the glass, and external one incapable to support the normal mechanical tensions of use of an optic fiber, causing low mechanical reliability. For the samples with problems of optical attenuation, the cause of the problem was the wrong preparation of secondary coating, evidenced by its high Tg value.
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Fibras oticas - Confiabilidade mecânica, Fibras oticas - Revestimentos, Optical fibers
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CARVALHO, Gisele de. Análise combinada dos efeitos dos revestimentos nas propriedades de fibras ópticas comerciais. 2007. 138 f. Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual Paulista, Instituto de Química, 2007.