Patent 7406235 was granted and assigned to Fujikura on July, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A graded-index multimode fiber includes a core made of silica glass, the core having a central region and an outer peripheral region, and a cladding which is provided at an outer periphery of the core. The central region contains one of germanium and phosphorus, and the outer peripheral region contains fluorine.