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Single-mode optical fiber

US8301000B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 27, 2010
Grant dateOct 30, 2012
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Expiry dateDec 2, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B6/02266
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A single-mode optical fiber possesses, at a wavelength of 1550 nanometers, an effective area greater than about 90 pm2 without degradation of the optical fiber's other optical parameters. The single-mode optical fiber includes a central core, a first intermediate cladding, a second intermediate cladding, and an outer cladding. The optical fiber also has a cable cut-off wavelength of less than 1260 nanometers. Additionally, at a wavelength of 1310 nanometers, the optical fiber possesses a mode field diameter of between about 8.6 microns and 9.5 microns. Furthermore, the optical fiber possesses a zero chromatic dispersion wavelength of between about 1300 nanometers and 1324 nanometers and, at the zero chromatic dispersion wavelength, a dispersion slope of less than 0.092 ps/(nm2″km).

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