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Large effective area fiber

Refractive-index nonlinearities have negligible effect on the performance of short-haul fiber-optic communication links utilizing electronic repeaters. However, in long optical fiber links, nonlinearities can cause severe signal degradations. To mitigate nonlinear effects, new generation of fibers, referred to as large effective-area fibers, have been introduced in recent years. This paper reviews the latest research and development work on these fibers conducted by several research groups around the world. Attention is focused on a class of large effective-area fibers that are based on a depressed-core multiple-cladding design. Transmission properties, including dispersion, dispersion slope, effective area, mode-field diameter, bending loss, polarization-mode dispersion, and cutoff wavelength are discussed. Dispersion-shifted, non-zero dispersion-shifted, and dispersion-flattened designs are addressed. Design optimization, particularly with regard to effective area, bending loss, and polarization-mode dispersion, is elaborated upon. The trade-off between effective-area and bending loss is emphasized. Results for dispersion-shifted and non-zero dispersion-shifted large effective-area fibers with zero polarization-mode dispersion and low bending loss at 1.55 micrometer wavelength are presented.

Nano-engineered optical fibers and applications1

Abstract The paper reviews optical fibers with nano-engineered features and methods to fabricate them. These optical fibers have nano-engineered regions comprising of randomly distributed voids which provide unique properties for designing next generation of fibers. Discussion of impact of void morphology on fiber optical properties is presented, along with the methods to control the void characteristics. Use of nano-engineered fibers for different applications (ultra-low bend loss single mode fiber, quasi-single mode bend loss fiber, endless single-mode fiber, light diffusing fibers) is discussed and the unique optical attributes of the fibers in these applications is highlighted.

Nano-engineered optical fibers and applications

This paper reviews a technology for making nano-engineered optical fibers. Key features and advantages of nano-enginneered glass fibers are discussed. Fiber designs and their applications are presented.

Corning Incorporated: Designing a New Future with Glass and Optics

Corning Incorporated is a world leader in glass and ceramic products, and has been innovating in these materials since 1851. The company sells component-level technical products that are integrated into systems made by its customers. In most cases, those systems are significantly more efficient or in some instances fundamentally enabled by the performance of the Corning product. Corning calls its products “keystone components” for this reason. Keystone components often result from a combination of both material and process innovations, which tend to be difficult for other companies to duplicate. Developing keystone components requires patient investment in R&D (both materials and process) over long periods of time, and depends upon a culture of innovation and dedication to fundamental understanding. We highlight in this chapter three different keystone components developed by Corning in the past two decades—Corning® Gorilla® Glass for touch-enabled displays, Epic® sensors for drug discovery, and ClearCurve® optical fiber. In each case we provide an overview of Corning’s contributions to each field, describe the areas of technical challenge that still need to be addressed by the research community, and link those to the skills and capabilities that are needed to ensure further success in each.

Novel Surface Technologies for Genomics, Proteomics, and Drug Discovery

Following the recent progress in functional genomics and proteomics, and high-throughput screening (HTS) in drug discovery, evolving technologies over the last decade have offered a tremendous leap over the caveats of traditional techniques. In response to this metamorphosis of technologies through different platforms, Corning has introduced a suite of surface technologies with applications in microarray printing, enhanced attachment, and consumables in drug discovery. Microarrays generated on an ultra-flat glass substrate with GAPS coating exhibiting a robust chemistry and low surface background have led to higher sensitivity and reproducibility for the expression assay. Recent introduction of UltraGAPS™ surface enables oligo attachment for use in differential gene expression analysis. Various attachment surfaces to meet the needs of the applications in genomics, proteomics and drug discovery will be discussed.