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Corning One Riverfront Plaza Corning, New York 14831 Phone:607-974-5233 Fax: Website:www.corning.com/opticalfiber E-mail:boothem@corning.com |
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About Corning
Corning Optical Fiber, part of Corning's Telecommunications segment, invented the first low-loss optical fiber in 1970 and today remains the worldwide market leader, offering a full line of single-mode and multimode optical fibers for all network applications. Corning's entire family of optical fiber products are recognized in the industry for their excellence and innovation.
An Overview of Macrobending and Microbending of Optical Fibers
(4/29/11)
Bending can increase the attenuation of an optical fiber by two mechanisms: macrobending and microbending. Some bending is of course unavoidable, e.g., shipping and storage, optical cable manufacturing and installation as well as fiber termination and deployment. Understanding the fundamental nature of attenuation increase with bending enables development of products and usage conditions to maintain the initial superior attenuation of fiber. |
