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Rosenberger OSI awarded for the development of fiber optic cables with Lotus effect
April 2017 by Emmanuelle Lamandé
Rosenberger Optical Solutions & Infrastructure (Rosenberger OSI) has been awarded with the 2nd place of the German Data Center Award (DRZP) 2017 in the category "ideas & research around datacenters".
This has been announced on April 25 in Darmstadt, Germany, during the "future thinking" event. A novel fiber optic cable with Lotus effect has been awarded preventing adhesion of any contaminations on the fiber end surface. The product is currently in prototyping status.
Rosenberger OSI has successfully developed fiber optic cables with fiber end surfaces preventing contamination characterized by hydrophobic and oleophobic features and made possible by applying a coating under low-pressure plasma conditions. This generates an antistatic effect that generally prevents the adhesion of particles on the surface (Lotus effect).
The control of the contamination problem significantly increases the reliability and availability of fiber optic networks and eliminates time- and cost intensive downtimes. Furthermore, the cleaning of the connector surface during the installation of cables is redundant which results in time and cost savings for the user.
