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US 7,539,381 B2Granted
Low bend loss coated optical fiber
AssigneeCorning Incorporated
InventorsXin Chen, Joohyun Koh, Ming-Jun Li, Anping Liu, Jianguo Wang
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AssigneeCorning Incorporated
InventorsXin Chen, Joohyun Koh, Ming-Jun Li, Anping Liu, Jianguo Wang
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An optical fiber includes a core and a cladding, said cladding having a refractive index nc a first coating directly contacting the cladding of said fiber, said coating having a thickness of less than 10 microns, said coating having a refractive index delta %=100×(ni2−nc2)/2ni2 less than −1 percent. In another aspect, an optical fiber includes a core and a cladding, said cladding having a refractive index nc, a first coating directly contacting the cladding of said fiber, said fiber comprising a glass diameter less than 100 microns, said coating having a thickness of at least 8 microns, said coating having a refractive index delta %=100×(ni2−nc2)/2ni2 less than −1 percent.
A glass optical fiber comprising a core and a cladding, said cladding having a refractive index nc a first coating directly contacting the cladding of said fiber, said coating having a thickness of less than 10 microns, said coating having a refractive index delta %=100×(ni2−nc2)/2ni2 less than −1 percent.
An optical fiber comprising a core and a cladding, said cladding having a refractive index nc a first coating directly contacting the cladding of said fiber, said fiber comprising a glass diameter less than 100 microns, said coating having a thickness of at least 8 microns, said coating having a refractive index delta %=100×(ni2−nc2)/2ni2 less than −1 percent.
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