Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method for manufacturing optical fiber combiner, optical fiber combiner, and laser device
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Application No.: US14905508Application Date: 2014-03-31
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Publication No.: US09612399B2Publication Date: 2017-04-04
- Inventor: Yoshikiyo Noguchi
- Applicant: FUJIKURA LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: FUJIKURA LTD.
- Current Assignee: FUJIKURA LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP
- Priority: JP2013-149850 20130718
- International Application: PCT/JP2014/059428 WO 20140331
- International Announcement: WO2015/008510 WO 20150122
- Main IPC: G02B6/255
- IPC: G02B6/255 ; G02B6/28 ; G02B6/06 ; H01S3/00

Abstract:
Optical fiber combiner includes a plurality of input optical fibers having a core and a cladding surrounding the core, a bridge fiber having a portion that transmits a light beam entered from each of the input optical fibers, and a glass member fusion-spliced to an end face of the cladding and to a first end face of the bridge fiber. The end portions of the claddings of the plurality of input optical fibers are bundled on at least a first end face side, with the adjacent side surfaces of the claddings being in contact with each other. The glass member has an outer diameter greater than the diameter of the core and smaller than the outer diameter of the cladding. The adjacent glass members are in a non-fusion-spliced state.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160154182A1 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL FIBER COMBINER, OPTICAL FIBER COMBINER, AND LASER DEVICE Public/Granted day:2016-06-02
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