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Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2012

Filed:

Sep. 23, 2009
Applicants:

Xin Chen, Corning, NY (US);

Timothy Leonard Hunt, Wilmington, NC (US);

Joohyun Koh, Painted Post, NY (US);

Ming-jun LI, Horseheads, NY (US);

Daniel Aloysius Nolan, Corning, NY (US);

Inventors:

Xin Chen, Corning, NY (US);

Timothy Leonard Hunt, Wilmington, NC (US);

Joohyun Koh, Painted Post, NY (US);

Ming-Jun Li, Horseheads, NY (US);

Daniel Aloysius Nolan, Corning, NY (US);

Assignee:

Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/032 (2006.01); C03B 37/023 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method for making low PMD fiber comprising the steps of: (i) making an initial fiber preform; (ii) modifying said initial fiber preform to introduce higher birefringence than that of the initial fiber preform into modified preform; and (iii) drawing an optical fiber from the modified preform and bi-directionally spinning the drawn fiber during draw.


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