Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Packaging of an optical fiber head with optical fiber not immersed in cooling water to enhance reliability and optical performance
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Application No.: US16148595Application Date: 2018-10-01
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Publication No.: US10209453B1Publication Date: 2019-02-19
- Inventor: Chungho Hsia , Pai-Sheng Shen
- Applicant: Lightel Technologies, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US WA Renton
- Assignee: LIGHTEL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Current Assignee: LIGHTEL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Renton
- Agency: Han IP PLLC
- Agent Andy M. Han
- Main IPC: G02B6/44
- IPC: G02B6/44 ; G02B6/36 ; G02B6/24 ; G02B6/255

Abstract:
A water-cooled package of an optical fiber head comprising a delivery optical fiber (DOF), a front optical end cap (OEC), a rear OEC, a glass ferrule, and a housing operates for delivering the laser light from DOF to free space. The rear OEC is fusion-spiced with a section of DOF with a cladding exposed whereas the section of DOF is enclosed in a bore of the glass ferrule. When the glass ferrule is connected and sealed between the front OEC and the rear OEC, cooling water in the water-cooled package is prevented from immersing the section of DOF to maintain reliability of DOF. It is, therefore, not needed to bond the section of DOF in a bore of the front OEC to be waterproof, minimizing varying stress-induced speckle patterns and ultimately maintaining beam quality of the laser light exiting from DOF to free space.
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