Bend resistant multimode optical fiber

摘要

Bend resistant multimode optical fibers are disclosed herein. Multimode optical fibers disclosed herein comprise a core region and a cladding region surrounding and directly adjacent to the core region, the cladding region comprising a depressed-index annular region, wherein the inner boundary of said depressed index region is an extension of the graded index core, the depressed region having a moat volume greater than 105%-um2.