Abstract: The invention relates to an optical fiber 1 comprising a core 2 and a cladding 3 surrounding the core 2 and having an outer diameter of 125 ?m, the optical fiber 1 comprising a cured primary coating 4 directly surrounding the cladding 3 and a cured secondary coating 5 directly surrounding the cured primary coating 4, said cured primary coating 4 having a thickness t1 between 10 and 18 ?m and an in-situ tensile modulus Emod1 between 0.10 and 0.18 MPa, said cured secondary coating 5 having a thickness t2 between 10 microns and 18 microns and an in-situ tensile modulus Emod2 between 700 and 1200 MPa, wherein said first and second thicknesses and said first and second in-situ tensile moduli satisfy the following equation: 4%<(t1×t2×E mod1×E mod23)/(t1_norm×t2_norm×E mod1_norm×E mod2_norm3)<50%.

Abstract: The invention concerns a bending-loss single mode optical fibre having a Mode Field Diameter at 1310 nm greater than or equal to 9 microns and having a core and a cladding, the core refractive index profile having a trapezoid-like shape. According to an aspect of the invention, the cladding comprises a shallow trench with a refractive index difference Ant between ?2×10?3; and ?0.9×10?3, and: the trapezoid ratio r0/r1 of the core is between 0.1 and 0.6, preferably, between 0.2 and 0.5, more preferably between 0.25 and 0.45; the core surface integral Formula (I) is between 20.10 3 ?m and 24.10?3 ?m and the cladding surface integral Formula (II) is between ?25×10?3 ?m and ?9×10?3 ?m, where ?n(r) is the refractive-index difference with respect to said outer cladding as a function of the radius r, and said single mode optical fibre fulfils the following criterion: 25.7×10?3?V01?0.2326V02?26.8×10?3.

Abstract: A few-mode optical fiber including a core's refractive-index profile ?n(r) of trapezoid-like shape. The optical core having a center part of radius R1 and a transition part ranges from the radius R1 to a radius R2, such that R2>R1 with R2 between 6.8 and 11.5 ?m, said refractive-index profile being defined by a surface integral of the core index profile of between 180×10?3 and 270×10?3 ?m; a transition slope S of between 1.7×10?3 and 12×10?3 ?m?1; with ?n1 and ?n2 the refractive-index difference respectively of the center part of the optical core and of the cladding part adjacent to the optical core, with respect to the outer optical cladding.

Abstract: A few mode optical fiber that includes an optical core and an optical cladding surrounding the optical core. The FMF has a step-index profile. The optical core has a core outer radius R1?7.5 ?m and a core refractive index difference ?n1 such that 14.5×10?3<?n1<24×10?3. The optical cladding comprises: an index ring with: a ring inner radius Rr1 between 12 ?m and 19 ?m; a ring refractive index difference ?nr such that ?n1/?nr is between 2 and 4; a ring volume Vring=??nr(Rr22?Rr12) between 1.8 ?m2 and 4.1 ?m2 where Rr2 is the ring outer radius; an inner cladding between the optical core and the index ring, with an inner cladding inner radius Ri1 and an inner cladding outer radius Ri2, the inner cladding having an inner cladding refractive index difference ?nclad1 between ?1.0×10?3 and 1.0×10?3.

Abstract: The invention relates to an optical fiber 1 comprising a core 2 and a cladding 3 surrounding the core 2 and having an outer diameter of 125 ?m, the optical fiber 1 comprising a cured primary coating 4 directly surrounding the cladding 3 and a cured secondary coating 5 directly surrounding the cured primary coating 4, said cured primary coating 4 having a thickness t1 between 10 and 18 ?m and an in-situ tensile modulus Emod1 between 0.10 and 0.18 MPa, said cured secondary coating 5 having a thickness t2 lower or equal to 18 ?m and an in-situ tensile modulus Emod2 between 700 and 1200 MPa, wherein said first and second thicknesses and said first and second in-situ tensile moduli satisfy the following equation: 4%<(t1×t2×Emod1×Emod23)/(t1_norm×t2_norm×Emod1_norm×Emod2_norm3)<50%.

Abstract: A multimode optical fiber (10) comprises an a-profile graded index core, a trench (13) surrounding the core (11) and an intermediate cladding (12) between the core and the trench. Such a multimode optical fiber (10) has: —A mode carrying capacity between 54 and 68 LP modes at 1060 nm, defined by a specific relationship between the numerical aperture of the core and the core radius, —A defined relationship between trench, core and intermediate cladding parameters to achieve a high bandwidth and low bend-loss at 1060 nm, and—A core radius between 24 and 26 ?m, a numerical aperture between 0.190 and 0.225 and a value of a between 2.01 and 2.05 to retain compatibility with legacy fibers.

Abstract: An optical fiber having an optical core and an optical cladding surrounding the optical core, the optical core having a single ? graded-index profile with ??1, ? being a non-dimensional parameter that defines the index profile shape of the optical core, and the optical core having a maximal refractive index nco at its center; the optical cladding has at its outer edge a refractive index nCl, and comprises a region of depressed refractive index ntrench, called a trench, with a negative refractive index difference ?nt=ntrench?nCl with respect to said optical cladding, the trench having an outer radius Rtrench. The optical core and cladding are configured to support propagation of at least six spatial modes and at maximum fifty-five spatial modes at an operating wavelength ?op between, and including, 1460 nm and 1675 nm, and the optical core satisfies an ovality criterion between 0.05 and 0.

Abstract: A method of selecting a multimode optical fiber includes determining a first modal bandwidth value BW for each of a plurality of multimode optical fibers in a straight position and determining a second modal bandwidth value bBW for each of a plurality of multimode optical fibers in a bent position. Typically, the method includes selecting the multimode optical fibers for which the second modal bandwidth value bBW is greater than a threshold bandwidth A. The threshold bandwidth A may be (i) a function of the multimode optical fiber's first modal bandwidth value BW and a bending-loss value BL and (ii) greater than the multimode optical fiber's first modal bandwidth value BW.