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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2009
Randy Lee Bennett, Painted Post, NY (US);
Scott Robertson Bickham, Corning, NY (US);
Jeffrey Coon, Wilmington, NC (US);
Leonard Charles Dabich, Ii, Painted Post, NY (US);
Daniel Warren Hawtof, Corning, NY (US);
Joseph Edward Mccarthy, Addison, NY (US);
Randy Lee Bennett, Painted Post, NY (US);
Scott Robertson Bickham, Corning, NY (US);
Jeffrey Coon, Wilmington, NC (US);
Leonard Charles Dabich, II, Painted Post, NY (US);
Daniel Warren Hawtof, Corning, NY (US);
Joseph Edward McCarthy, Addison, NY (US);
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
An optical fiber comprising: (i) a core; (ii) a cladding surrounding the core; wherein the cladding comprises a cladding ring that: (a) has a width W equal to or less than 10 microns; (b) includes at least 50 airlines, each airline having a maximum diameter or a maximum width of not more than 2 microns and more than 50% of said airlines have a length of more than 20 m; (c) has an air fill fraction of 0.1% to 10%, and (d) has an inner radius Rand an outer radius R, wherein 6 μm≦R≦14 μm, and 8 μm≦R≦14 μm; and (iii) an outer cladding surrounding said cladding ring.