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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2023
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Paulo Clovis Dainese, Jr., Painted Post, NY (US);
Wei Jiang, Vestal, NY (US);
Ming-Jun Li, Horseheads, NY (US);
Xiaojun Liang, Chino Hills, CA (US);
Dan Trung Nguyen, Painted Post, NY (US);
Ilia Andreyevich Nikulin, Wilmington, NC (US);
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
A hollow-core optical fiber may include a hollow core extending along a central longitudinal axis of the fiber; a substrate, the substrate having a tubular shape and an inner surface surrounding the central longitudinal axis of the fiber; and a plurality of cladding elements positioned between the hollow core and the substrate, each of the cladding elements extending in a direction parallel to the central longitudinal axis of the fiber. Each of the cladding elements includes a primary capillary, the primary capillary directly contacting the inner surface of the substrate and having an inner surface defining a cavity, and a plurality of nested capillaries positioned within the cavity, each of the nested capillaries directly contacting the inner surface of the primary capillary.