Optical fiber and optical device using the same

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2007-06-19

2007-06-19

Healy, Brian (Department: 2883)

Optical waveguides

Optical fiber waveguide with cladding

Utilizing multiple core or cladding

C385S123000, C398S081000, C398S148000

Reexamination Certificate

active

11483979

ABSTRACT:
This invention relates to an optical fiber and others having a structure for efficiently generating SC light while realizing high nonlinearity over a wide band. The optical fiber has at least a center core region, and an outside cladding region having a refractive index lower than that of the center core region and provided on an outer periphery of the center core region. The optical fiber has, as characteristics to light of a wavelength λ1in a wavelength range of 1520 nm to 1620 nm, a chromatic dispersion of −2 ps
m/km to +2 ps
m/km, a dispersion slope of −0.009 ps
m2/km to +0.009 ps
m2/km, and a fourth-order dispersion of −1.8×10−4ps
m3/km to +1.8×10−4ps
m3/km.

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