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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2006
Stuart Gray, Corning, NY (US);
Donnell Thaddeus Walton, Painted Post, NY (US);
Ji Wang, Painted Post, NY (US);
Luis Alberto Zenteno, Painted Post, NY (US);
Stuart Gray, Corning, NY (US);
Donnell Thaddeus Walton, Painted Post, NY (US);
Ji Wang, Painted Post, NY (US);
Luis Alberto Zenteno, Painted Post, NY (US);
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
An optical fiber including: (i) a silica based, Yb doped core having a first index of refraction n, said core comprising more than 1 wt % of Yb, said core having less than 5 dB/km loss at a wavelength situated between 1150 nm and 1350 nm and less than 20 dB/km loss at the wavelength of 1380 nm and slope efficiency of over 0.8; and (ii) at least one silica based cladding surrounding the core and having a second index of refraction n, such that n>n.