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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
David John Richardson, Southampton, GB;
Neil Gregory Raphael Broderick, Southampton, GB;
Herman Leonard Offerhaus, Southampton, GB;
Liang Dong, Montreal, CA;
Rowland Sammut, Weetangera, AU;
Assignee:
University of Southampton, Hampshire, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/02 ;
Abstract
An optical fibre has a cladding layer surrounding a core, the cladding layer comprising at least a first, relatively inner generally cylindrical region, a third, relatively outer generally cylindrical region, and a second region disposed between the first and third regions, the second region having a higher refractive index than the first and third regions; and the peak difference in refractive index between the first cladding region and the core being less than about 0.0030.