Corning Incorporated
Multimode optical fiber with reduced cladding thickness

Abstract:

The present description provides multimode optical fibers with reduced cladding thickness. The optical fibers include a reduced-diameter glass fiber and/or reduced-thickness coatings. The overall diameter of the optical fibers is less than 210 .mu.m and examples with diameters less than 160 .mu.m are presented. Puncture resistant secondary coatings enable thinning of the secondary coating without compromising protection of the glass fiber. The optical fibers are suitable for data center applications and features high modal bandwidth, low attenuation, low microbending sensitivity, and puncture resistance in a compact form factor.