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Reduced dispersion optical waveguide and methods for fabricating the same

US6134366A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Mitchell L. Loeb · Durham, US
Samuel Wallace · Belfast, GB

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 19, 1997
Grant date	Oct 17, 2000
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 19, 2017

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC03B2203/36
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A reduced dispersion optical waveguide and methods of fabricating the same are implemented. The optical waveguide may be fabricated in commercially practicable units without having to predetermine its length in a particular application. The reduced dispersion optical waveguide prevents optical pulse overlap in optical waveguide transmission systems operating over long distances or at high data rates.

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