本研究已成功的利用濺鍍、無電鍍、以及電鍍的方式製造出導電光纖並研究其焊接性、以及溫度對光傳輸的影響性，首先將單模塑膠光纖被覆剝皮後，浸入溶液中進行敏化和活化處理。接著以無電鍍鎳或是無電鍍銅或是濺鍍的方式將光纖進行導體化處理，最後利用電鍍將光纖加厚至62.5µm。並以Michelson干涉實驗檢驗金屬與試片間可能會出現的孔洞與剝離的現象。研究中成功的將Ni-Ni導電性光纖焊接在銅片上。因為導電性光纖的可焊接性。將來可將這種光纖以網路的方式佈置在結構體上，使成為有感結構以便線上得知該結構物的使用狀況。從理論計算得知溫度、熱膨脹係數、導電材質彈性係數、厚度都會影響光纖的微曲損(microbending loss)值。而且光纖與金屬導體間熱膨脹係數差異性的影響比塑膠-光纖來的大，實驗結果顯示Ni-Ni鍍層光纖比Cu-Ni鍍層有較佳的光傳輸強度。

Two different conductive optical fibers (COF) were successfully produced by the methods of sputtering, electroless and electroplating. The single-mode plastic coating optical fiber was stripped off and then immersed into solution for sensitization and activation treatment. The conductivity of optical fiber was then obtained by electroless or sputtering coating of Ni or Cu. Finally, a maximum thickness of 62.5 μm Ni or Cu metal coating layer is obtained in the nickel-sulphamate and copper plating solution. Michelson interferometer experiment was used to investigate the possible microcracks, void formation or depletion at the interface of metal and glass-plate. A successful Ni-Ni coated optical fiber welded with 40. μm Al wire on the Cu plate was obtained. For the weldability of this metal-coated optical fiber's development, a network of several fiber sensors can be safely embedded throughout different locations in a building could act as a "nervous" system for structure supplying information on its state of health. From the results of numerical calculations, the changes of temperature, coefficient of thermal expansion, modulus of elasticity and coating thickness of metal would affect the microbending loss. The effects of different CTE between fiber and metal-coated layer will be profound in comparison with that of plastic coating condition. Ni-Ni coating fiber has a better transmission intensity than that of Cu-Ni coating.