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C
- Carbon Coated
- Carbon Polyimide
- Cardiac Angiography
- Chromatic Dispersion
- Cladding
- Cladding Pump Fiber
- Clustering
- Co-operative Up-conversion
- Co-propagating Pump
- Coating
- Coating Concentricity
- Coherent Light
- Color
- Concentricity
- Confinement Factor
- Connector Types
- Core
- Core Concentricity
- Core Ellipticity
- Core To Cladding Diameter Ratio, CCDR
- Counter-propagating Pump
- Cross Section, σ
- Cross-coupling
- Cut-off Wavelength
Carbon coated
Carbon can be applied as a thin primary coating in combination with a secondary coating of high temperature acrylate or polyimide, depending on the operating temperature required.
The carbon acts as a hermetic seal to prevent hydrogen ingress up to 150°C. The fact that carbon behaves as a barrier to hydrogen in this way means that increased attenuation associated with the presence of hydrogen in the core can be prevented. This is of particular importance in hydrogen-rich environments such as oil wells.
Beyond 150°C, the carbon layers begin to move at a microscopic level and the hermeticity of the coating is compromised. However, even >150°C, carbon significantly delays hydrogen ingress into optical fibers.