摘要 |
An optical fiber transmits at least a signal light having a wavelength of 1550 nanometers in a fundamental propagation mode. The optical fiber has, a cutoff wavelength equal to or longer than 1550 nanometers, a wavelength dispersion of 4 ps/nm/km to 7 ps/nm/km in the fundamental propagation mode at the wavelength of 1550 nanometers, a dispersion slope of a positive value equal to or smaller than 0.03 ps/nm<SUP>2</SUP>/km in the fundamental propagation mode at the wavelength of 1550 nanometers, an effective core area equal to or larger then 60 mum<SUP>2 </SUP>in the fundamental propagation mode at the wavelength of 1550 nanometers, and a bending loss equal to or smaller than 20 dB/m with a winding of 16 turns at a diameter of 20 millimeters in the fundamental propagation mode at the wavelength of 1550 nanometers.
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