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Title: Loose-tube optical-fiber cable

Abstract

The present invention relates to loose-tube optical-fiber cables that are capable of operating in high-temperature environments.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Draka Comteq, B.V., Amsterdam, NL (Netherlands)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1167019
Patent Number(s):
8929701
Application Number:
13/768,280
Assignee:
Draka Comteq, B.V. (Amsterdam, NL)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
G - PHYSICS G02 - OPTICS G02B - OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS
DOE Contract Number:  
EE0002786
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2013 Feb 15
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

Citation Formats

Lowell, Mark Edmund, Angers, Tyler Louis, and Jonker, Jan Wigger. Loose-tube optical-fiber cable. United States: N. p., 2015. Web.
Lowell, Mark Edmund, Angers, Tyler Louis, & Jonker, Jan Wigger. Loose-tube optical-fiber cable. United States.
Lowell, Mark Edmund, Angers, Tyler Louis, and Jonker, Jan Wigger. Tue . "Loose-tube optical-fiber cable". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1167019.
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