Abstract: An optical fiber having both low macrobend loss and low microbend loss. The fiber has a MAC number less than 7.0 and a zero dispersion wavelength less than 1450 nm. The optical fiber advantageously comprises a primary coating and a secondary coating. The primary coating has a Young's modulus of less than 1.0 MPa and a glass transition temperature of less than ?25° C. The secondary coating surrounds the primary coating, and the secondary coating has a Young's modulus of greater than 1200 MPa. The macrobend loss as measured by a 20 mm diameter bend test at 1550 nm is not more than 5.0 dB/m. Optical fiber ribbon and optical fiber cable that include the optical fiber is also disclosed.

Abstract: The optical fiber comprises: (a) a core having a refractive index profile and a centerline; and (b) a cladding layer surrounding and directly adjacent the core; wherein core includes updoping material and is doped with F in at least one region of the core, such that either: (a) the average longitudinal acoustic wave velocity within the core is within 0.05% of the longitudinal acoustic wave velocity within the cladding; or (b) the longitudinal acoustic wave velocity at one region of the core is different from the longitudinal velocity at another region of the core by at least 0.2%.

Abstract: An optical waveguide fiber having a multi-segmented core surrounded by a cladding, the core having a central segment and an annular segment surrounding the central segment. The central segment has a positive relative refractive index profile, and the annular segment has a negative relative refractive index profile. The broadband optical fiber has a bandwidth of at least 2 GHz-km for one or more wavelengths between 775 and 1100 nm.

Abstract: An optical waveguide fiber having a high threshold for stimulated Brillouin scattering. The optical fiber preferably has large optical effective area, and further preferably has a low zero dispersion wavelength.

Abstract: A dispersion compensation fiber for a moderate dispersion, low slope transmission fiber and transmission system including same. The dispersion compensating fiber has a refractive index profile having a central core with a core delta (?1), a moat surrounding the central core having a moat delta (?2), and a ring surrounding the moat having a positive ring delta (?3). The fiber's refractive index profile is selected to provide total dispersion less than ?80 at 1550 nm and less than ?90 ps/nm/km at 1600 nm, dispersion slope less than ?0.18 ps/nm2/km at 1550 and less than ?0.10 ps/nm2/km at 1600 nm, kappa between 250 and 450 at 1550 nm, and a kappa ratio (defined as kappa at 1600 nm/kappa at 1550 nm) of greater than 1.35.

Abstract: An optical waveguide fiber including a central core region extending radially outward from the centerline and having a non-negative relative refractive index percent profile. The optical fiber exhibits an effective area of greater than about 60 ?m2 at a wavelength of about 1550 rm, a dispersion slope of less than 0.07 ps/nm2/km at a wavelength of about 1550 nm, and a zero-dispersion wavelength of less than about 1450 nm.

Abstract: A non-zero dispersion shifted optical waveguide fiber having a high threshold for stimulated Brillouin scattering is disclosed.

Abstract: A non-zero dispersion shifted optical waveguide fiber having a high threshold for stimulated Brillouin scattering is disclosed.

Abstract: A dispersion compensating optical fiber includes a segmented core having a central core segment, a moat segment and a ring segment. The refractive index profile is selected to provide a total dispersion at 1550 nm of between ?114 and ?143 ps/nm/km, and a kappa, defined as the total dispersion at 1550 nm divided by the dispersion slope at 1550 nm, of between 96 and 150 nm. Optical transmission systems including the present invention dispersion compensating optical fiber optically coupled to a moderate dispersion single mode transmission fiber having dispersion at 1550 nm of between 5 and 14 ps/nm/km are also disclosed. Example transmission systems preferably exhibit residual dispersion over the C+L wavelength band (1525 to 1625 nm) of less than +/?20 ps/nm per 100 km of the moderate dispersion transmission fiber and less than +/?10 ps/nm per 100 km of the moderate dispersion transmission fiber over the C band (1525 to 1565 nm).

Abstract: An optical communication system and a communication network are disclosed herein capable of transmitting optical signals with high optical launch power over unrepeatered optical fiber links. A method of transmitting optical signals is also disclosed herein which comprises transmitting optical signals at high optical launch power over unrepeatered links.