Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Optical communications cables utilizing topological insulators as optical fiber cores
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Application No.: US15852621Application Date: 2017-12-22
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Publication No.: US10371910B2Publication Date: 2019-08-06
- Inventor: Timothy Innes , David Spivey, Jr. , Kevin Igoe
- Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- Applicant Address: US GA Atlanta
- Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Atlanta
- Agency: BakerHostetler
- Main IPC: G02B6/44
- IPC: G02B6/44 ; G02B6/04

Abstract:
An optical core made from at least on topological insulator microfiber. A cryogenic cooling layer surrounds the optical core. An insulative layer surrounds the cryogenic cooling layer. In one embodiment, the insulative layer comprises a layer of photonic crystal material.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190196123A1 OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS CABLES UTILIZING TOPOLOGICAL INSULATORS AS OPTICAL FIBER CORES Public/Granted day:2019-06-27
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