Plastic-clad silica fiber

In telecommunications and fiber optics, a plastic-clad silica fiber or polymer-clad silica fiber (PCS) is an optical fiber that has a silica-based core and a plastic cladding. ^[1] The cladding of a PCS fiber should not be confused with the polymer overcoat of a conventional all-silica fiber.

Benefits

The main applications of plastic-clad silica fiber are industrial, medical ^[2] or sensing applications where cores that are larger than those used in standard data communications fibers are advantageous.^{[ citation needed ]}

Limitation

PCS fibers in general have significantly lower performance characteristics, particularly higher transmission losses and lower bandwidths, than all-glass fibers. ^[3]

See also

• Plastic optical fiber
• Dispersion-shifted fiber
• Hard-clad silica optical fiber

References

1. Malacara, Daniel (2001). Handbook of Optical Engineering. CRC Press. p. 786. ISBN   9780203908266.
2. Wolfbeis, Otto; Narayanaswamy, Ramaier (2013). Optical Sensors: Industrial Environmental and Diagnostic Applications. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 197. ISBN   9783662091111.
3. Alwayn, Vivek (2004). Optical Network Design and Implementation. Cisco Press. p. 56. ISBN   9781587051050.

•  This article incorporates public domain material from Federal Standard 1037C. General Services Administration. Archived from the original on 2022-01-22.

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