Patents by Inventor Iwao Shimotakahara
Iwao Shimotakahara has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 9075185Abstract: A hole-assisted optical fiber includes a core portion and a cladding portion that includes an inner cladding layer, an outer cladding layer, and holes formed around the core portion. A diameter of the core portion is 3 ?m to 9.8 ?m, a relative refractive index difference of the core portion relative to the outer cladding layer is 0.11% to 0.45%, an outside diameter of the inner cladding layer is 53 ?m or less, a relative refractive index difference of the inner cladding layer relative to the outer cladding layer is a negative value, ?0.30% or more, a diameter of each hole is 2.4 ?m to 4.0 ?m, a hole occupancy rate is 17% to 48%, a bending loss at a wavelength of 1625 nm when bent at a radius of 5 mm is 1 dB/turn or less, and a cut-off wavelength is 1550 nm or less.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2013Date of Patent: July 7, 2015Assignees: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Naomi Kumano, Iwao Shimotakahara, Ryuichi Sugizaki, Takeshi Yagi, Tomoya Shimizu, Takashi Matsui, Yukihiro Goto, Toshio Kurashima, Kazuhide Nakajima
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Patent number: 8977096Abstract: An optical fiber suitable for high-capacity transmission having a large effective core area, a low bending loss, and capable of single mode operation at 1550 nm is provided. The optical fiber 10 has an effective core area ?175 ?m2 at 1550 nm, a bending loss ?10 dB/m at a bending diameter of 20 mm at 1550 nm, and a cut-off wavelength ?c?1550 nm. The optical fiber has a first core 11 at the center, which has a refractive index higher than that of the cladding 13; and a second core 12 around the first core 11, which has a refractive index lower than that of the cladding 13; a primary medium portion; and secondary medium portions, which have a refractive index lower than that of the primary medium portion and the secondary medium portions have a plurality of first secondary medium portions 15 around the first core 11 and a plurality of second secondary medium portions 16 around the first core 11 and outside of the first secondary medium portions 15.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2010Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Iwao Shimotakahara, Ryuichi Sugizaki, Takeshi Yagi
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Patent number: 8181487Abstract: An optical fiber preform manufacturing method includes: supporting a drilling jig in a radial direction of a preform that is cylinder-shaped; moving the drilling jig in a longitudinal direction of the preform; and forming a plurality of slits each extending in the longitudinal direction and each directed from an outer side of the preform toward a center the preform, and a plurality of holes each extending in the longitudinal direction and each connecting with an end of one of the plurality of slits in a depth direction of the one of the plurality of slits.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2010Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignees: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., Nippon Telegraph and Telephone CorporationInventors: Ryuichi Sugizaki, Naomi Kumano, Iwao Shimotakahara, Harumi Inaba, Takeshi Yagi, Tomoya Shimizu, Toshio Kurashima, Kazuhide Nakajima
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Patent number: 7878712Abstract: An optical fiber has a refractive index profile approximated by n(r)=n1[1-2(?1/100)(r/a)^?]1/2 when 0<r?a, and n(r)=n1[1-2(?1/100)]1/2 when a<r, where n1 is refractive index at the center of a core, ?1 is relative refractive index difference between the center of the core and a cladding, a is radius of the core, ? is refractive index profile parameter, and ^ represents an exponential. ? is 1.95 to 2.15. The relative refractive index difference is 1.5% or larger. A diameter of the core is 20 ?m to 45 ?m. A diameter of the cladding is 70 ?m to 90 ?m. A bending loss at 850 nm when bending the optical fiber with a curvature radius of 5 mm is 0.1 dB/turn or lower.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2008Date of Patent: February 1, 2011Assignee: The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Iwao Shimotakahara, Harumi Inaba, Ryuichi Sugizaki
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Publication number: 20100326139Abstract: An optical fiber preform manufacturing method includes: supporting a drilling jig in a radial direction of a preform that is cylinder-shaped; moving the drilling jig in a longitudinal direction of the preform; and forming a plurality of slits each extending in the longitudinal direction and each directed from an outer side of the preform toward a center the preform, and a plurality of holes each extending in the longitudinal direction and each connecting with an end of one of the plurality of slits in a depth direction of the one of the plurality of slits.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2010Publication date: December 30, 2010Applicants: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Ryuichi SUGIZAKI, Naomi Kumano, Iwao Shimotakahara, Harumi Inaba, Takeshi Yagi, Tomoya Shimizu, Toshio Kurashima, Kazuhide Nakajima
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Publication number: 20100296786Abstract: An optical fiber suitable for high-capacity transmission having a large effective core area, a low bending loss, and capable of single mode operation at 1550 nm is provided. The optical fiber 10 has an effective core area?175 ?m2 at 1550 nm, a bending loss?10 dB/m at a bending diameter of 20 mm at 1550 nm, and a cut-off wavelength ?c?1550 nm. The optical fiber has a first core 11 at the center, which has a refractive index higher than that of the cladding 13; and a second core 12 around the first core 11, which has a refractive index lower than that of the cladding 13; a primary medium portion; and secondary medium portions, which have a refractive index lower than that of the primary medium portion and the secondary medium portions have a plurality of first secondary medium portions 15 around the first core 11 and a plurality of second secondary medium portions 16 around the first core 11 and outside of the first secondary medium portions 15.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2010Publication date: November 25, 2010Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Iwao SHIMOTAKAHARA, Ryuichi Sugizaki, Takeshi Yagi
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Patent number: 7787732Abstract: An optical fiber, made of silica-based glass, comprising a core and a cladding, each of the optical fiber having a mode field diameter of 5.5 ?m or larger at a wavelength of 1100 nm, transmitting light with a wavelength of 1250 nm in a single mode, and having a bending loss of 1 dB/turn or smaller at a wavelength of 1100 nm when the optical fiber is bent with a curvature radius of 2 mm.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2008Date of Patent: August 31, 2010Assignee: The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ryuichi Sugizaki, Iwao Shimotakahara, Harumi Inaba, Takeshi Yagi
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Patent number: 7593612Abstract: A tension-absorbing cladding layer is formed around a cladding layer, with a refractive index equal to that of a center core region or higher. The center core region has a relative refractive index difference of ?0.1% to 0% with respect to a pure silica glass, a chlorine concentration of wt % to 0.10 wt %, and a fluorine concentration of 0.10 wt % to 0.30 wt %. The tension-absorbing cladding layer has a relative refractive index difference of 0% to 0.05% with respect to the pure silica glass and a chlorine concentration of 0.15 wt % or lower. A ratio of an outer diameter of the tension-absorbing cladding layer to an outer diameter of the cladding layer is 1.10 to 1.40.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2007Date of Patent: September 22, 2009Assignee: The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.Inventor: Iwao Shimotakahara
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Patent number: 7583878Abstract: An optical fiber is made of silica-based glass, and includes a core and a cladding. The optical fiber has a mode field diameter of 5.4 micrometers or larger at a wavelength of 1300 nanometers, transmits light with a wavelength of 1250 nanometers in a single mode, and has a bending loss of 1 dB/turn or smaller at a wavelength of 1300 nanometers when the optical fiber is bent with a curvature radius of 1 millimeter.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2008Date of Patent: September 1, 2009Assignee: The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ryuichi Sugizaki, Iwao Shimotakahara, Harumi Inaba, Takeshi Yagi
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Patent number: 7574088Abstract: An optical fiber, made of silica-based glass, comprising a core and a cladding. The optical fiber having a mode field diameter of 6.5 ?m or larger at a wavelength of 1300 nm, transmitting light with a wavelength of 1250 nm in a single mode, and having a bending loss of 1 dB/turn or smaller at a wavelength of 1300 nm when the optical fiber is bent with a curvature radius of 1.5 mm.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2008Date of Patent: August 11, 2009Assignee: The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ryuichi Sugizaki, Iwao Shimotakahara, Harumi Inaba, Takeshi Yagi
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Publication number: 20090086770Abstract: An optical fiber, made of silica-based glass, comprising a core and a cladding, each of the optical fiber having a mode field diameter of 5.5 ?m or larger at a wavelength of 1100 nm, transmitting light with a wavelength of 1250 nm in a single mode, and having a bending loss of 1 dB/turn or smaller at a wavelength of 1100 nm when the optical fiber is bent with a curvature radius of 2 mm.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2008Publication date: April 2, 2009Applicant: The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ryuichi Sugizaki, Iwao Shimotakahara, Harumi Inaba, Takeshi Yagi
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Publication number: 20090052848Abstract: An optical fiber has a refractive index profile approximated by n(r)=n1[1?2(?1/100)(r/a)??]1/2 when 0<r?a, and n(r)=n1[1?2(?1/100)]1/2 when a<r, where n1 is refractive index at the center of a core, ?1 is relative refractive index difference between the center of the core and a cladding, a is radius of the core, ? is refractive index profile parameter, and ? represents an exponential. ? is 1.95 to 2.15. The relative refractive index difference is 1.5% or larger. A diameter of the core is 20 ?m to 45 ?m. A diameter of the cladding is 70 ?m to 90 ?m. A bending loss at 850 nm when bending the optical fiber with a curvature radius of 5 mm is 0.1 dB/turn or lower.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2008Publication date: February 26, 2009Applicant: THE FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Iwao SHIMOTAKAHARA, Harumi Inaba, Ryuichi Sugizaki
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Publication number: 20080310805Abstract: An optical fiber is made of silica-based glass, and includes a core and a cladding. The optical fiber has a mode field diameter of 5.4 micrometers or larger at a wavelength of 1300 nanometers, transmits light with a wavelength of 1250 nanometers in a single mode, and has a bending loss of 1 dB/turn or smaller at a wavelength of nanometers when the optical fiber is bent with a curvature radius of 1 millimeter.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2008Publication date: December 18, 2008Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Ryuichi SUGIZAKI, Iwao Shimotakahara, Harumi Inaba, Takeshi Yagi
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Publication number: 20080285929Abstract: A tension-absorbing cladding layer is formed around a cladding layer, with a refractive index equal to that of a center core region or higher. The center core region has a relative refractive index difference of ?0.1% to 0% with respect to a pure silica glass, a chlorine concentration of wt % to 0.10 wt %, and a fluorine concentration of 0.10 wt % to 0.30 wt %. The tension-absorbing cladding layer has a relative refractive index difference of 0% to 0.05% with respect to the pure silica glass and a chlorine concentration of 0.15 wt % or lower. A ratio of an outer diameter of the tension-absorbing cladding layer to an outer diameter of the cladding layer is 1.10 to 1.40.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2007Publication date: November 20, 2008Applicant: THE FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventor: Iwao SHIMOTAKAHARA
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Publication number: 20080226241Abstract: An optical fiber, made of silica-based glass, comprising a core and a cladding. The optical fiber having a mode field diameter of 6.5 ?m or larger at a wavelength of 1300 nm, transmitting light with a wavelength of 1250 nm in a single mode, and having a bending loss of 1 dB/turn or smaller at a wavelength of 1300 nm when the optical fiber is bent with a curvature radius of 1.5 mm.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2008Publication date: September 18, 2008Applicant: The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ryuichi SUGIZAKI, Iwao SHIMOTAKAHARA, Harumi INABA, Takeshi YAGI
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Patent number: 6754421Abstract: An optical fiber for forming an optical transmission line suitable for the wavelength division multiplexing transmission by connecting to a positive dispersion optical fiber is provided. Outside a first glass layer (1), a second glass layer (2), a third glass layer (3) and a fourth glass layer (4) are sequentially disposed. The fourth glass layer (4) is to be a reference layer for a standard of a refractive index. A relative refractive index difference &Dgr;1 of the first glass layer to the reference layer is set to 1.6% to 2.6%, inclusive, a relative refractive index difference &Dgr;2 of the second glass layer is set to−0.65% to −0.4%, inclusive, and a relative refractive index difference &Dgr;3 of the third glass layer is set to 0.15% to 0.5%, inclusive.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2002Date of Patent: June 22, 2004Assignee: The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Iwao Shimotakahara, Hideya Moridaira, Junichi Tamura
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Publication number: 20030128947Abstract: An optical fiber for forming an optical transmission line suitable for the wavelength division multiplexing transmission by connecting to a positive dispersion optical fiber is provided. Outside a first glass layer (1), a second glass layer (2), a third glass layer (3) and a fourth glass layer (4) are sequentially disposed. The fourth glass layer (4) is to be a reference layer for a standard of a refractive index. A relative refractive indexdifference &Dgr;1 of the first glass layer to the reference layer is set 1.6% to 2.6%, inclusive, a relative refractive index difference &Dgr;2 of the second glass layer is set −0.65% to −0.4%, inclusive, and a relative refractive index difference &Dgr;3 of the third glass layer is set 0.15% to 0.5%, inclusive. A relationship among an outer diameter d1 of the first glass layer, an outer diameter d2 of the second glass layer and an outer diameter d3 of the third glass layer is set 2.5≦(d2/d1)≦3.0, and 1.5≦(d3/d2)≦3.0.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2002Publication date: July 10, 2003Applicant: THE FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Iwao Shimotakahara, Hideya Moridaira, Junichi Tamura
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Publication number: 20030084686Abstract: Provided are a process for producing an optical fiber preform by depositing glass soot on the periphery of a glass rod and then sintering the glass soot to form a new transparent glass layer and also a process for producing an optical fiber preform by repeating the above procedures, wherein bubble is prevented from occurring in glass layers and interfaces between them. The process includes the steps of forming a glass soot layer by depositing glass soot on the periphery of a glass rod formed by undergoing a sintering heat treatment; and carrying out subsequently another heat treatment for the glass soot to carry out sintering thereof and transform the glass soot layer into a glass layer; wherein, provided that the glass soot is treated at a sintering temperature T′(° C.) and that the glass rod is formed at a sintering temperature T(° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2002Publication date: May 8, 2003Applicant: The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Iwao Shimotakahara, Hideya Moridaira, Junichi Tamura
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Patent number: 6522819Abstract: An optical fiber for forming an optical transmission line suitable for the wavelength division multiplexing transmission by connecting to a positive dispersion optical fiber is provided. Outside a first glass layer (1), a second glass layer (2), a third glass layer (3) and a fourth glass layer (4) are sequentially disposed. The fourth glass layer (4) is to be a reference layer for a standard of a refractive index. A relative refractive index difference &Dgr;1 of the first glass layer to the reference layer is set 1.6% to 2.6%, inclusive, a relative refractive index difference &Dgr;2 of the second glass layer is set −0.65% to −0.4%, inclusive, and a relative refractive index difference &Dgr;3 of the third glass layer is set 0.15% to 0.5%, inclusive.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2001Date of Patent: February 18, 2003Assignee: The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Iwao Shimotakahara, Hideya Moridaira, Junichi Tamura
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Publication number: 20020054742Abstract: An optical fiber for forming an optical transmission line suitable for the wavelength division multiplexing transmission by connecting to a positive dispersion optical fiber is provided. Outside a first glass layer (1), a second glass layer (2), a third glass layer (3) and a fourth glass layer (4) are sequentially disposed. The fourth glass layer (4) is to be a reference layer for a standard of a refractive index. A relative refractive index difference &Dgr;1 of the first glass layer to the reference layer is set 1.6% to 2.6%, inclusive, a relative refractive index difference &Dgr;2 of the second glass layer is set −0.65% to −0.4%, inclusive, and a relative refractive index difference &Dgr;3 of the third glass layer is set 0.15% to 0.5%, inclusive. A relationship among an outer diameter d1 of the first glass layer, an outer diameter d2 of the second glass layer and an outer diameter d3 of the third glass layer is set 2.5≦(d2/d1)≦3.0, and 1.5≦(d3/d2)≦3.0.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2001Publication date: May 9, 2002Applicant: THE FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Iwao Shimotakahara, Hideya Moridaira, Junichi Tamura