公开(公告)号：EP1636619A1

公开(公告)日：2006-03-22

申请号：EP04776389.1

申请日：2004-06-09

Applicant: Corning Incorporated

Inventor： CHEN, Xin ,  LI, Ming-Jun ,  NOLAN, Daniel A ,  BERKEY, George E ,  WOOD, William A

IPC: G02B6/024 ,  C03B37/027 ,  C03B37/012

CPC classification number: C03B37/02781 ,  C03B37/01217 ,  C03B37/01234 ,  C03B2203/30 ,  C03B2203/302 ,  C03B2205/08 ,  C03B2205/10 ,  G02B6/02 ,  G02B6/02366 ,  G02B6/024 ,  G02B6/0281 ,  G02B6/03627 ,  G02B6/03655 ,  G02B6/03694

Abstract: An optical fiber that includes a central core (34) having a maximum dimension (A) greater than a minimum dimension (B), preferably with an aspect ratio greater than 1.5, the fiber having at least one air hole (24, 26) positioned on opposite sides of the central core and extending along the fiber's length wherein the fiber supports a single polarization mode within an operating wavelength band. The fiber may be coupled to optical components in systems to provide single polarization in the band. A method for manufacturing the fiber is also provided.

公开(公告)号：EP1478956A1

公开(公告)日：2004-11-24

申请号：EP03709327.5

申请日：2003-02-26

Applicant: CORNING INCORPORATED

Inventor： BERKEY, George E ,  LIU, Yanming ,  LOVE, Walter F ,  MA, Daiping

IPC: G02B6/02

CPC classification number: G02B6/0288 ,  G02B6/02019 ,  G02B6/02047 ,  G02B6/02266

Abstract: An optical fiber is disclosed herein comprising a core having an alpha parameter in the range of approximately 2 to approximately 8, a maximum index percent difference between the core and a cladding in the range of approximately 0.3% to approximately 0.5% and a core diameter in the range of approximately 6.0 to approximately 16.0 µm and a cladding. The optical fiber has a bandwidth of at least approximately 0.6 GHz.km at 850 nm, and is configured for multimode operation at a wavelength less than 1300 nm and single mode operation at a wavelength of at least approximately 1300 nm. The fiber also has significantly reduced intermodal noise. Also disclosed herein is a method of designing such a fiber, a fiber optic system provided such a fiber and a method of operating a fiber optic system with such a fiber.

公开(公告)号：EP1636619B1

公开(公告)日：2009-08-19

申请号：EP04776389.1

申请日：2004-06-09

Applicant: Corning Incorporated

Inventor： CHEN, Xin ,  LI, Ming-Jun ,  NOLAN, Daniel A ,  BERKEY, George E ,  WOOD, William A

IPC: G02B6/024 ,  C03B37/027 ,  C03B37/012 ,  G02B6/036

CPC classification number: C03B37/02781 ,  C03B37/01217 ,  C03B37/01234 ,  C03B2203/30 ,  C03B2203/302 ,  C03B2205/08 ,  C03B2205/10 ,  G02B6/02 ,  G02B6/02366 ,  G02B6/024 ,  G02B6/0281 ,  G02B6/03627 ,  G02B6/03655 ,  G02B6/03694

Abstract: An optical fiber that includes a central core (34) having a maximum dimension (A) greater than a minimum dimension (B), preferably with an aspect ratio greater than 1.5, the fiber having at least one air hole (24, 26) positioned on opposite sides of the central core and extending along the fiber's length wherein the fiber supports a single polarization mode within an operating wavelength band. The fiber may be coupled to optical components in systems to provide single polarization in the band. A method for manufacturing the fiber is also provided.

公开(公告)号：EP1805537A2

公开(公告)日：2007-07-11

申请号：EP05857962.4

申请日：2005-10-19

Applicant: Corning Incorporated

Inventor： BERKEY, George E ,  CHEN, Xin ,  LI, Ming-jun ,  NOLAN, Daniel A ,  WALTON, Donnell T ,  WANG, Ji ,  ZENTENO, Luis A ,  KOH, Joohyun

IPC: G02B6/00

CPC classification number: H01S3/06716 ,  C03B37/01234 ,  C03B37/0124 ,  C03B37/01413 ,  C03B37/01446 ,  C03B2201/12 ,  C03B2201/14 ,  C03B2201/28 ,  C03B2201/31 ,  C03B2201/36 ,  C03B2203/12 ,  C03B2203/14 ,  C03B2203/23 ,  C03B2205/10 ,  C03B2207/90 ,  G02B6/023 ,  G02B6/02338 ,  G02B6/02366 ,  G02B6/024 ,  G02B6/03611 ,  G02B6/0365 ,  G02B6/03666 ,  G02B2006/1208 ,  H01S3/06729 ,  H01S3/1618 ,  H01S3/1695

Abstract: An optical fiber including: (i) a silica based, rare earth doped core (12) having a first index of refraction n1; (ii) a silica based inner cladding (14) surrounding the core and having a second index of refraction n2, such that n1>n2, the inner cladding having a plurality of air holes (24, 26) extending longitudinally through the length of the optical fiber; (iii) a silica based outer cladding (16) surrounding the inner cladding and having a third index of refraction n3, such that n2>n3; wherein the optical fiber supports a single polarization mode within the operating wavelength range.

公开(公告)号：EP1678794A2

公开(公告)日：2006-07-12

申请号：EP04809878.4

申请日：2004-10-07

Applicant: Corning Incorporated

Inventor： NOLAN, Daniel A ,  LI, Ming-Jun ,  WALTON, Donnell T ,  ZENTENO, Luis A ,  BERKEY, George E

IPC: H01S3/067 ,  H01S3/063 ,  G02B6/10

CPC classification number: H01S3/067 ,  C03B37/01217 ,  C03B37/01225 ,  C03B37/02781 ,  C03B2201/34 ,  C03B2203/14 ,  C03B2203/30 ,  C03B2205/08 ,  C03B2205/10 ,  G02B6/02 ,  G02B6/0281 ,  G02B6/03627 ,  G02B6/03655 ,  G02B6/03694 ,  G02B6/105 ,  H01S3/06729 ,  H01S3/0675

Abstract: An optically active linear single polarization device includes a linearly birefringent and linearly dichroic optical waveguide (30) for propagating light and having single polarization wavelength range (48). A plurality of active dopants are disposed in a portion (34) of the linearly birefringent and linearly dichroic optical waveguide (30) for providing operation of the waveguide in an operating wavelength range (650) for overlapping the single polarization wavelength range (48).