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Title: Multimode optical fiber

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1163190
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A depressed graded-index multimode optical fiber includes a central core, an inner depressed cladding, a depressed trench, an outer depressed cladding, and an outer cladding. The central core has an alpha-index profile. The depressed claddings limit the impact of leaky modes on optical-fiber performance characteristics (e.g., bandwidth, core size, and/or numerical aperture).

Research Organization:
Draka Comteq, B.V., Amsterdam, NL (Netherlands)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
EE0002786
Assignee:
Draka Comteq, B.V. (Amsterdam, NL)
Patent Number(s):
8,879,878
Application Number:
13/534,793
OSTI ID:
1163190
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2012 Jun 27
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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