Fiber design advances enhance microbending performance

In the May/June 2011 edition of Lightwave magazine, John A. Jayof Corning Inc. writes in the article “Optical fiber design to improve microbending resistance” that several options exist to help fiber meet increasing bandwidth demands, even in applications where bends are unavoidable. The ability to control attenuation is key in such circumstances, Jay asserts…

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