Patent · US Expired

Method of making spun optical fiber with low PMD

US6993229B2 · kind B2 · utility

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8References

16Claims

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Assignee

CORNING INCORPORATED · US

Inventors

Xin Chen · Taoyuan, TW
Ming-Jun Li · Horseheads, US
Jesse C. Meyer · Colchester, US
Oscar Palmer · Leland, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 30, 2003
Grant date	Jan 31, 2006
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 10, 2024

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC03B2205/06
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An optical fiber, and a method of making such optical fiber, wherein the optical fiber exhibits a beatlength greater than about 0.5 meters, and the fiber is spun to provide a polarization mode dispersion in the spun state of said fiber which is less than 0.05 ps/km1/2. The fiber is spun by employing a spin having a spin repeat distance of at least 1 meter and a plurality of varying spin reversal distances occurring within the spin repeat distance. The spin preferably alternates between clockwise and counterclockwise directions.

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