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- Patent Title: Multimode optical fiber with high bandwidth over an extended wavelength range, and corresponding multimode optical system
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Application No.: US15120832Application Date: 2014-02-28
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Publication No.: US09678270B2Publication Date: 2017-06-13
- Inventor: Marianne Bigot , Denis Molin , Pierre Sillard
- Applicant: Draka Comteq B.V.
- Applicant Address: NL Amsterdam
- Assignee: Draka Comteq, B.V.
- Current Assignee: Draka Comteq, B.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Amsterdam
- Agency: Additon, Higgins & Pendleton, P.A.
- International Application: PCT/IB2014/000503 WO 20140228
- International Announcement: WO2015/128691 WO 20150903
- Main IPC: G02B6/028
- IPC: G02B6/028 ; G02B6/036

Abstract:
The invention concerns a multimode optical fiber, with a graded-index core co-doped with at least fluorine F and germanium GeO2 and a refractive index profile with at least two α-values. According to the invention, the concentration of fluorine F at the core center ([F]r=0) is between 0 and 3 wt % and the concentration of fluorine F at the core outer radius ([F]r=a) is between 0.5 wt % and 5.5 wt %, with [F]r=a−[F]r=>0.4 wt %. For wavelengths comprised between 850 nm and 1100 nm, said multimode optical fiber has an overfilled launch bandwidth (OFL-BW) greater than 3500 MHz·km and a calculated effective modal bandwidth (EMBc) greater than 4700 MHz·km over a continuous operating wavelength range greater than 150 nm.
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