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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2004
Filed:
May. 31, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Scott R. Bickham, Corning, NY (US);
Michael B. Cain, Corning, NY (US);
Pamela A. Hajcak, Corning, NY (US);
Martin Hempstead, Painted Post, NY (US);
Lisa L. Hepburn, Corning, NY (US);
Stephan L. Logunov, Corning, NY (US);
Lewis Kirk Klingensmith, Corning, NY (US);
Richard E. Rebis, Corning, NY (US);
Assignee:
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/26 ; G02B 6/255 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/26 ; G02B 6/255 ;
Abstract
A bridge fiber and a method of connecting two other dissimilar optical waveguide fibers is presented. The bridge fiber may be utilized to connect positive dispersion fibers or step index single mode fibers to compensative fibers, such as dispersion compensation fibers or dispersion-slope compensation fibers.