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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2001
Applicants:
Takemi Hasegawa, Yokohama, JP;
Eisuke Sasaoka, Yokohama, JP;
Masayuki Nishimura, Yokohama, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B006/02 ; G02B006/20 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In an optical fiber including a core region and cladding regions of not less than three layers which surrounds the core region in order, each of said cladding regions has a mean refractive index different from those of the adjacents regions,at least one of the cladding regions has a lower mean refractive index than both adjacent regions, and at least one cladding region is provided with a plurality of sub medium regions each having a refractive index lower than a main medium constituting this cladding region.