Tomljenovic-Hanic, SnjezanaBulla, DouglasAnkiewicz, AdrianLove, John D.Bailey, Ron2016-03-292016-03-291084-7529http://hdl.handle.net/1885/100898We demonstrate that a highly bend-resistant fiber can be realized. It is shown theoretically that, by introducing both depressed and elevated rings into the cladding, bending loss can be reduced significantly. A fiber based on this design has been fabricated and characterized as a first step toward achieving this goal. The results show that a multiple-cladding fiber is highly bend resistant when compared with the standard telecom single-mode fiber.Copyright Information: © 2007 Optical Society of America5 pages© 2007 Optical Society of Americabend-resistantfibercladdingdepressedelevatedrings2007-03-1410.1364/JOSAA.24.0011722021-08-01