The specification describes optical fiber coating materials and methods for making optical fiber gratings wherein the material of the optical fiber coatings comprises vinyl ether functionalized monomers, together with oligomeric or polymeric thickeners and a cationic photoinitiator. These coating materials...http://www.google.de/patents/US6204304?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6204304 - Vinyl ether-based optical fiber coatings