The first generation of optical fiber was single-mode
This is due to the fiber having such a small cross section that only the first mode is transported. The first single-mode optical fiber was developed by researchers Robert Maurer, Donald Keck, and Peter Schultz at Corning Glass Works in 1970. By lowering the fiber core diameter and optimizing the refractive index difference between the core and cladding, they achieved single-mode transmission for.
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