Corning scientists and engineers regularly publish white papers on various properties of optical fiber. As seen below, the white papers are organized by subject area. Please browse through each category to view the information of interest.

Next Generation Optical Fibre: Making Your Broadband Network Go Further

Corning® TXF™ Optical Fiber Featuring Ultra-Low-Loss and Large Effective Area for Extended Reach

Optical Fiber Mechanical Reliability

Beyond 85°C: Thermal Aging Impact on Optical Fiber with Corning® CPC® Coatings

BOTDR Measurement Techniques and Brillouin Backscatter Characteristics of Corning Single-Mode Optical Fibers

Explanation of Reflection Features in Optical Fiber as Sometimes Observed in OTDR Measurement Traces

Smart Optical Fibre Infrastructure: 
Advanced Low-Loss Single-Mode ITU-T G.652.D Compliant Optical Fibre:
An Innovation for the Foundation of the Outside Plant of Next Generation Broadband Networks

An Overview of Macrobending and Microbending of Optical Fibers

Corning® CPC® Protective Coating - An Overview

A Response to Assertions that Fiber Manufactured in a Clean Room is Stronger and Less Susceptible to Fatigue

Mechanical Reliability: Applied Stress Design Guidelines

Optical Fiber Mechanical Testing Techniques

Setting Splice Specifications for Single-Mode Fiber Cables

Suggested Guidelines for the Handling of Optical Fiber

The Impact of Hydrogen on Optical Fibers

The Importance of International Standards in the Evolution of Telecommunications Networks (English)

The Mechanical Reliability of Corning Optical Fiber in Bending

The Mechanical Reliability of Corning Optical Fiber in Small Bend Scenarios

The Super Connected World: Optical Fiber Advances and Next Gen Backbone, Mobile Backhaul, and Access Networks

Next Generation Optical Fibre: Making Your Broadband Network Go Further

High Fiber Count Cable Miniaturization using SMF-28® Ultra 200 Fiber

Optical Access Solution Based On WDM-PON and Low-Loss Fiber

The Super Connected World: Optical Fiber Advances and Next Gen Backbone, Mobile Backhaul, and Access Networks

Smart Optical Fibre Infrastructure
Advanced Low-Loss Single-Mode ITU-T G.652.D Compliant Optical Fibre:
An Innovation for the Foundation of the Outside Plant of Next Generation Broadband Networks

An Overview of Fiber-to-the-Home and Home Developers

Fiber Selection and Standards Guide for Premises Networks

Smart Cabling: Constructing a Cost Effective, Reliable and Upgradeable Cable Infrastructure for your Data Centre/Enterprise Network

Advantages of the Corning Optical Fiber Manufacturing Process

Bit Error Rate (BER) Functionality Testing of Laser-Optimized Multimode Fibre: DMD-Mask or minEMBc?

Comparison of Mechanical Reliability Models for Optical Fibers