OPTICAL FIBERS HAVING A VARYING CLAD INDEX AND METHODS OF FORMING SAME

• Main Authors: LI, Ming-Jun, TANDON, Pushkar, HARPER, Brian Lee, RANEY, Sonya Marie, BOOKBINDER, Dana Craig, CHLUDZINSKI, Paul Andrew, MISHRA, Snigdharaj Kumar
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 28.06.2018
• Subjects: CHEMISTRY; GLASS; MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES; METALLURGY; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL; OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS; OPTICS; PHYSICS

An optical fiber with low attenuation and methods of making same are disclosed. The optical fiber has a core, an inner cladding surround the core, and an outer cladding surrounding the inner cladding. The outer cladding is chlorine-doped such that the relative refractive index varies as a function o...