摘要 |
An optical fiber has a plurality of holes in a cladding around a core, and has a high failure strength and small transmission loss. The core is made of glass. The cladding surrounds the core, and the holes are formed in the cladding so as to extend along a central axis of the fiber. The holes are formed with constant intervals therebetween along a circle centered on the core, and each hole has a substantially circular cross section. The cladding is sectioned into two claddings. A residual stress in an inner region that is inside a circumcircle of the holes is a compressive stress.
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