The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2001
Yanming Liu, Lexington, MA (US);
Shiva Kumar, Painted Post, NY (US);
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
A single mode optical waveguide fiber having a relatively large effective area and low dispersion includes a segmented core having at least two segments each defining a radius, a refractive index profile and a relative refractive index percent. The waveguide fiber also includes a clad layer surrounding and in contact with the core and having a relative refractive index. The refractive index profiles are selected to provide total dispersion at a wavelength of about 1550 nm of within the range of about 11 ps/nm-km to about 14 ps/nm-km, and total dispersion slope at a wavelength of about 1550 nm of within the range of about 0.045 ps/nm -km to about 0.055 ps/nm -km. The refractive index profiles are further selected to provide an effective area greater than or equal to 60 &mgr;m , and attenuation at a wavelength of about 1550 nm of less than or equal to 0.22 dB/km.