Abstract:
The single mode optical fiber disclosed herein has a core, an inner cladding, a trench and an outer cladding, along with a non-glass protective coating. The refractive index profile of the optical fiber is such that the optical fiber has relatively low bend loss at both small and large bend diameters. The relative refractive indices of the inner cladding, trench and outer cladding are such that a tunneling point that arises during bending is pushed out beyond the trench and thus sufficiently far away from the core so that bending losses for both small and large radius bends are relatively small.
Abstract:
A single mode optical fiber is provided that includes a core region having an outer radius r1 and a maximum relative refractive index Δ1max. The single mode optical fiber has a bend loss at 1550 nm for a 15 mm diameter mandrel of less than about 0.75 dB/turn, has a bend loss at 1550 nm for a 20 mm diameter mandrel of less than about 0.2 dB/turn, and a bend loss at 1550 nm for a 30 mm diameter mandrel of less than 0.002 dB/turn. Additionally, the single mode optical fiber has a mode field diameter of 9.0 microns or greater at 1310 nm wavelength and a cable cutoff of less than or equal to about 1260 nm.
Abstract:
An optical fiber with large effective area, low bending loss and low attenuation. The optical fiber includes a core, an inner cladding region, and an outer cladding region. The core region includes a spatially uniform updopant to minimize low Rayleigh scattering and a relative refractive index and radius configured to provide large effective area. The inner cladding region features a large trench volume to minimize bending loss. The core may be doped with Cl and the inner cladding region may be doped with F.
Abstract:
An optical fiber with large effective area, low bending loss and low attenuation. The optical fiber includes a core, an inner cladding region, and an outer cladding region. The core region includes a spatially uniform updopant to minimize low Rayleigh scattering and a relative refractive index and radius configured to provide large effective area. The inner cladding region features a large trench volume to minimize bending loss. The core may be doped with Cl and the inner cladding region may be doped with F.
Abstract:
An optical fiber including a multimode core having a radius, R1, and a maximum relative refractive index, α1MAX, at a wavelength λ0, an inner clad region surrounding the core and having a radial thickness, T2, and a minimum relative refractive index, Δ2MIN, of about 0.0% at a wavelength of λ0, and an outer clad layer, which is doped with chlorine at greater than or equal to 0.5 weight %, surrounding the inner clad region and having a radial thickness, T3, and a maximum relative refractive index, Δ3MAX, at a wavelength of λ0. The optical fiber satisfies the following relationship: Δ1MAX>Δ3MAX>Δ2MIN, and the optical fiber exhibits an overfilled bandwidth of greater than or equal to about 1.5 GHz-km at λ0.
Abstract:
An optical fiber including a multimode core having a radius, R1, and a maximum relative refractive index, α1MAX, at a wavelength λ0, an inner clad region surrounding the core and having a radial thickness, T2, and a minimum relative refractive index, Δ2MIN, of about 0.0% at a wavelength of λ0, and an outer clad layer, which is doped with chlorine at greater than or equal to 0.5 weight %, surrounding the inner clad region and having a radial thickness, T3, and a maximum relative refractive index, Δ3MAX, at a wavelength of λ0. The optical fiber satisfies the following relationship: Δ1MAX>Δ3MAX>Δ2MIN, and the optical fiber exhibits an overfilled bandwidth of greater than or equal to about 1.5 GHz-km at λ0.
Abstract:
A fiber having a large effective area at 1550 nm of at least 130 μm2 and a wire mesh drum microbending loss of less than 0.4 dB/km at a wavelength of 1550 nm. The fibers may include a core, a cladding, and a coating. The core may include a central core region and a surrounding first core region. The cladding may include a depressed index inner cladding region and an outer cladding region. The coating may include a primary coating surrounding the cladding and a secondary coating surrounding the primary coating. The primary coating may be formed from a primary composition that may include an acrylate monomer or an N-vinyl amide monomer in combination with an acrylate oligomer, where the acrylate oligomer is present at 35 wt % to 55 wt %. The secondary coating may be formed from a secondary composition including one or more acrylate or diacrylate monomers and an acrylate or methacrylate oligomer, where the oligomer is present at 3 wt % or less.
Abstract:
An optical fiber having a silica-based core region with an outer radius r1 from about 4.0 microns to about 4.6 microns and a core volume from about 4.5% Δ-micron2 to about 5.5% Δ-micron2. The optical fiber further includes a depressed-index cladding region and an outer cladding region. The depressed-index cladding region having an inner radius r2 such that r1/r2 is greater than about 0.4 and less than about 0.6 and a trench volume between about −50% Δ-micron2s and about −20% Δ-micron2. The optical fiber has a mode field diameter at 1310 nm from about 8.8 microns to about 9.4 microns, a 2 m cable cutoff from about 1120 nm to about 1260 nm, a bending loss at 1310 nm, as determined by the mandrel wrap test using a 15 mm diameter mandrel, of less than 1.0 dB/turn, and a zero dispersion wavelength between 1300 nm and 1324 nm.
Abstract:
A coupled-core multicore optical fiber has a plurality of cores that are doped with alkali metals or chlorine to achieve low attenuation and a large effective area. The cores may be embedded in a common cladding region that may be fluorine doped. The cores may also be doped with chlorine, either with the alkali metals described above or without the alkali metals.
Abstract:
A coupled-core multicore optical fiber has a plurality of cores that are doped with alkali metals or chlorine to achieve low attenuation and a large effective area. The cores may be embedded in a common cladding region that may be fluorine doped. The cores may also be doped with chlorine, either with the alkali metals described above or without the alkali metals.