Dynamic fatigue of metallized fiber optics

Gerard F. Orcel

doi:10.1117/12.141155

25 February 1993 Dynamic fatigue of metallized fiber optics

Gerard F. Orcel

Proceedings Volume 1791, Optical Materials Reliability and Testing: Benign and Adverse Environments; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.141155
Event: Fibers '92, 1992, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

A plating process was developed to deposit Ni-P, nickel and gold on an optical glass fiber. The tensile strength of the metallized pigtail increases when the oxidation time, or the electrolytic Ni or Au layer thickness increases, or when the electroless Ni layer thickness decreases. A pull force of more than 1,000 g is routinely obtained on soldered metallized optical fibers. Optical fibers retain their hermeticity after plating and soldering. Soldered metallized optical fibers have a lifetime expectancy over 20 years even when submitted to continuous stresses above 100 MPa.

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Gerard F. Orcel "Dynamic fatigue of metallized fiber optics", Proc. SPIE 1791, Optical Materials Reliability and Testing: Benign and Adverse Environments, (25 February 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.141155

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