Optical fiber ribbon and optical fiber cable
An optical fiber ribbon comprises a plurality of optical fibers arranged in parallel and a connecting resin layer containing a ribbon resin for coating and connecting the plurality of optical fibers, wherein each of the plurality of optical fibers has an outer diameter of 220 μm or less; and the ribbon resin contains a cured product of urethane (meth)acrylate, and an amount of silicon is 5 ppm or more and 80000 ppm or less and an amount of tin is 5 ppm or more and 30000 ppm or less at the surface of the connecting resin layer.
1. An optical fiber ribbon comprising:
a plurality of optical fibers arranged in parallel; and
a connecting resin layer containing a ribbon resin for coating and connecting the plurality of optical fibers,
wherein each of the plurality of optical fibers has an outer diameter of 220 μm or less; and
the ribbon resin contains a cured product of urethane (meth)acrylate, and the surface of the connecting resin layer contains an amount of silicon of 5 ppm or more and 80000 ppm or less and an amount of tin of 5 ppm or more and 30000 ppm or less, and
wherein each of the plurality of optical fibers includes a glass fiber and a coating resin layer, and the glass fiber includes a core and a cladding.
2. The optical fiber ribbon according to claim 1 , wherein the amount of silicon is 100 ppm or more and 60000 ppm or less, and the amount of tin is 10 ppm or more and 20000 ppm or less.
3. The optical fiber ribbon according to claim 1 , wherein the average distance between the centers of adjacent optical fibers among the plurality of optical fibers is 220 μm or more and 280 μm or less.
4. The optical fiber ribbon according to claim 1 , wherein the ribbon resin further contains a silicone-based lubricant.
5. The optical fiber ribbon according to claim 1 , wherein the optical fiber ribbon has a connecting portion and a non-connecting portion intermittently in the longitudinal direction and the width direction.
6. The optical fiber ribbon according to claim 1 , wherein the connecting resin layer has a recess at the portion connecting adjacent optical fibers among the plurality of optical fibers.
7. An optical fiber cable comprising the optical fiber ribbon according to claim 1 incorporated in the cable.