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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2009
Haruo Ooizumi, Hyogo, JP;
Masatoshi Tanaka, Hyogo, JP;
Masayoshi Hachiwaka, Hyogo, JP;
Takaharu Kinoshita, Hyogo, JP;
Mamoru Hashimoto, Hyogo, JP;
Haruo Ooizumi, Hyogo, JP;
Masatoshi Tanaka, Hyogo, JP;
Masayoshi Hachiwaka, Hyogo, JP;
Takaharu Kinoshita, Hyogo, JP;
Mamoru Hashimoto, Hyogo, JP;
Mitsubishi Cable Industries, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An optical fiber () includes: a core (); a first cladding () surrounding the core () and having a lower refractive index than the core (); and a second cladding () surrounding the first cladding () and having a lower refractive index than the first cladding (). The first cladding () is doped with light attenuating dopant so that a concentration of the light attenuating dopant in the first cladding () increases from an inner surface of the first cladding () toward an outer surface of the first cladding ().