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Mumbai, Jun 7: Electronic hardware manufacturer Sterlite Optical Technologies today said it has been granted a patent by the US Patent&Trademark Office for the invention of its Sterlite 'DOF-LITE (LEA) Single Mode Optical Fiber', a dispersion-optimized fiber with higher spot area, specially designed for long haul, high data rate and multi wavelength transmission.

Its unique profile design optimizes effective area, dispersion slope and chromatic dispersion, the three critical fiber parameters that affect performance in DWDM system at C and L bands. The patented product is capable of reducing the fiber non-linear effect like four-wave mixing for better DWDM performance in the wavelength region of 1,530 to 1,565 nm (Cband) and 1,565 to 1,625 nm (L-band), Sterlite said in a release here.

Company COO Pankaj Khanna said, ''Six patents were granted to Sterlite in the last year for product and process inventions. These patent grants have helped us establish our technology leadership in addition to the market leadership we already enjoy. Consumers can look forward to more innovations from Sterlite's Technology Development Team, as optical fiber gets closer to homes.''

UNI