Patent · US Expired

Large effective area optical fiber

US6611647B2 · kind B2 · utility

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11References

67Claims

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Assignee

CORNING INCORPORATED · US

Inventors

George E. Berkey · Pine City, US
Daiping Ma · Wilmington, US
Snigdharaj Kumar Mishra · Wilmington, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 28, 2001
Grant date	Aug 26, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 28, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B6/03611
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An optical waveguide fiber having a relatively large effective area which exhibits low attenuation, low PMD and low microbending sensitivity. A step-index refractive index profile is advantageously used.

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