摘要:
An optical fiber having increased mechanical strength is provided. The optical fiber includes an over cladding layer that has a compressive stress of at least 100 MPa.
摘要:
An optical fiber having increased mechanical strength is provided. The optical fiber includes an over cladding layer that has a compressive stress of at least 100 MPa.
摘要:
An optical fiber comprising: (i) a core having a refractive index profile; (ii) an annular cladding surrounding the core; (iii) a primary coating contacting and surrounding the cladding, the primary coating having an in situ modulus of less than 0.35 MPa and an in situ glass transition temperature of less than −35° C.; and (iv) a secondary coating surrounding the primary coating, the secondary coating having an in situ modulus of greater than 1200 MPa; wherein the refractive index profile of said core is constructed to provide an LP11 theoretical cutoff wavelength greater than 2.0 μm and an effective area greater than 110 microns2 at 1550 nm.
摘要:
According to one example of the invention an optical fiber comprises: (i) a core comprising Al doped silica but essentially no Er or Yb, and having a first index of refraction n1; (ii) at least one F doped silica based cladding surrounding the core and having a second index of refraction n2, such that n1>n2, wherein the cladding comprises essentially of SiO2 and 0.2-5 wt % F; (iii) a hermetic carbon based coating surrounding said cladding, said hermetic coating being 200 to 1000 Angstroms thick; and (iv) a second coating surrounding said hermetic coating, said second coating being 5 μm to 80 μm thick.
摘要:
Dual coated optical fibers and methods for forming dual coated optical fibers are disclosed herein. The dual coated optical fibers include a glass fiber comprising a core region, a cladding region and a dual coating layer surrounding the glass fiber. The dual coating layer includes an inner coating and an outer coating. The inner coating surrounds the glass fiber and includes a first polyimide material. In one embodiment the first polyimide material also includes an adhesion promoter. The outer coating surrounds and is in direct contact with the inner coating and includes a second polyimide material having a decomposition threshold temperature greater than the first polyimide material. The second polyimide material may also have a modulus of elasticity greater than the first polyimide material and a moisture uptake lower than the first polyimide material.
摘要:
According to some embodiments the optical fiber comprises: (i) a glass core doped with greater than 300 ppm of Er2O3 and at least 0.5 wt % of Al2O3, with a radius R1 from about 3 μm to about 15 μm, a relative refractive index delta Δ1 from about between 0.3% to 2% relative to the glass cladding; an effective area of LP01 mode between 20 μm2 and 250 μm2 at 1550 nm, the glass core radius R1 and refractive index are selected such that the core is capable of supporting the propagation and transmission of an optical signal with X number of LP modes at a wavelength of 1550 nm, wherein X is an integer greater than 1 and not greater than 20; and (ii) a glass cladding surrounding and in direct contact with the glass core.
摘要翻译:根据一些实施例,光纤包括:(i)掺杂大于300ppm的Er 2 O 3和至少0.5wt%的Al 2 O 3的玻璃芯,半径R1为约3μm至约15μm,相对折射率Δ &Dgr; 1相对于玻璃包层约0.3%至2%; 选择在1550nm处在20μm和250μm2之间的LP01模式的有效面积,玻璃芯半径R1和折射率被选择为使得芯能够支持具有X数量的LP模式的光信号的传播和传输 1550nm的波长,其中X是大于1且不大于20的整数; 和(ii)包围并与玻璃芯直接接触的玻璃包层。
摘要:
According to one example of the invention an optical fiber comprises: (i) a core comprising Al doped silica but essentially no Er or Yb, and having a first index of refraction n1; (ii) at least one F doped silica based cladding surrounding the core and having a second index of refraction n2, such that n1>n2, wherein the cladding comprises essentially of SiO2 and 0.2-5 wt % F; (iii) a hermetic carbon based coating surrounding said cladding, said hermetic coating being 200 to 1000 Angstroms thick; and (iv) a second coating surrounding said hermetic coating, said second coating being 5 μm to 80 μm thick.
摘要:
According to some embodiments the optical fiber comprises: (i) a glass core doped with greater than 300 ppm of Er2O3 and at least 0.5 wt % of Al2O3, with a radius R1 from about 3 μm to about 15 μm, a relative refractive index delta Δ1 from about between 0.3% to 2% relative to the glass cladding; an effective area of LP01 mode between 20 μm2 and 250 μm2 at 1550 nm, the glass core radius R1 and refractive index are selected such that the core is capable of supporting the propagation and transmission of an optical signal with X number of LP modes at a wavelength of 1550 nm, wherein X is an integer greater than 1 and not greater than 20; and (ii) a glass cladding surrounding and in direct contact with the glass core.
摘要翻译:根据一些实施例,光纤包括:(i)掺杂大于300ppm的Er 2 O 3和至少0.5重量%的Al 2 O 3的玻璃芯,半径R1为约3μm至约15μm,相对折射率Δ Delta1相对于玻璃包层约0.3%至2%; 在1550nm处,在20mum2和250mum2之间的LP01模式的有效面积被选择为使得芯能够支持具有X个LP模式的光信号的传播和传输, 1550nm的波长,其中X是大于1且不大于20的整数; 和(ii)包围并与玻璃芯直接接触的玻璃包层。
摘要:
An optical system comprising: a light source providing light in 300-700 nm range; and an optical fiber optically coupled to the source; the optical fiber is structured to transmit the light provided by the source and comprises Al doped silica based core with 0 to 1 wt % of Ge and no rare-earth metal(s); and at least one silica based cladding surrounding the core. According to some embodiments the fiber includes: a core having a radius of no more than 2.0 μm and having a first index of refraction n1 and a relative refractive index delta with respect to the cladding between 0.15 and 1.0%. The Al doped silica core comprises less than 0.5 wt % of Ge and includes no rare-earth metals; and the silica based cladding surrounding the core has a second index of refraction n2, such that n1>n2, the cladding having an outer diameter of 80 μm or greater.
摘要:
An optical fiber comprising: (i) a multi-mode silica based glass core, said core having a 80-300 μm diameter and an index of refraction n1; (ii) a cladding surrounding the core, said cladding having a thickness ≦20 μm and index of refraction index of refraction n2 n2; and (iv) a permanent buffer.