Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Few mode optical fiber links for space division multiplexing having trenched fibers with high leak losses for leaky modes and low bend losses
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Application No.: US15023126Application Date: 2013-09-20
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Publication No.: US10007055B2Publication Date: 2018-06-26
- Inventor: Pierre Sillard , Denis Molin , Marianne Bigot-Astruc
- Applicant: DRAKA COMTEQ BV
- Applicant Address: NL Amsterdam
- Assignee: Draka Comteq B.V.
- Current Assignee: Draka Comteq B.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Amsterdam
- Agency: Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP
- International Application: PCT/IB2013/002413 WO 20130920
- International Announcement: WO2015/040447 WO 20150326
- Main IPC: G02B6/028
- IPC: G02B6/028 ; G02B6/036 ; H04J14/00 ; H04J14/04 ; G02B6/02

Abstract:
The invention relates to an optical link comprising N optical fibers, with N≥2. Each optical fiber comprises an optical core and an optical cladding surrounding the optical core, the optical core having a single αi graded-index profile with αi≥1, and the optical core having a radius R1i, where i E [1; N] is an index designating said optical fiber. Said optical cladding comprises a region of depressed refractive index ntrenchi, called a trench, surrounding the optical core. According to embodiments of the invention, for all optical fibers in said link, said optical core radius R1i and said length Li are chosen such that R1i≥13.5 μm and so as to satisfy a criterion C of quality. Thus, the invention provides a few-mode optical fiber link, which allow guiding an increased number of LP modes as compared to prior art FMF links, while reaching low Differential Mode Group Delay.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160231503A1 FEW MODE OPTICAL FIBER LINKS FOR SPACE DIVISION MULTIPLEXING Public/Granted day:2016-08-11
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