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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2020
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Masato Suzuki, Osaka, JP;
Yuki Kawaguchi, Osaka, JP;
Yoshinori Yamamoto, Osaka, JP;
Takemi Hasegawa, Osaka, JP;
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An optical fiber according to an embodiment includes: a core; an inner cladding surrounding the core and having a refractive index smaller than a refractive index of the core; an outer cladding surrounding the inner cladding and having a smaller refractive index than the refractive index of the core and having a refractive index greater than the refractive index of the inner cladding, in which a ratio of a caustic radius to a MAC-value (caustic radius/MAC-value) at a bending radius of 10 mm at a wavelength of 1625 nm is 2.70 μm or more.