Low attenuation fiber with viscosity matched core and inner clad

    公开(公告)号:US10228509B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-03-12

    申请号:US15485619

    申请日:2017-04-12

    Abstract: A single mode optical fiber having a core made from silica and less than or equal to about 6.5 weight % germania and having a maximum relative refractive index Δ1MAX. The optical fiber also has an inner cladding surrounding the core and having a minimum relative refractive index Δ2MIN. A difference between a softening point of the core and a softening point of the inner cladding is less than or equal to about 20° C., and Δ1MAX>Δ2MIN. The single mode optical fiber may also have an outer cladding surrounding the inner cladding made from silica or SiON. The outer cladding has a maximum relative refractive index Δ3MAX, and Δ3MAX>Δ2MIN. A method for manufacturing an optical fiber includes providing a preform to a first furnace, the preform, drawing the optical fiber from the preform, and cooling the drawn optical fiber in a second furnace.

    Multicore optical fiber with a randomized core structure

    公开(公告)号:US10094974B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-09

    申请号:US15337376

    申请日:2016-10-28

    Abstract: Multicore optical fibers are disclosed that have randomly arranged cores within a cladding matrix. In some cases, the cores are defined by air lines formed in a glass matrix. The cores can have an edge-to-edge spacing designed so that the multicore optical fiber operates in either a weak-coupling regime or a strong-coupling regime. Imaging systems and optical fiber communication systems that utilize the multicore fibers disclosed here are also presented.

    OPTICAL FIBERS AND OPTICAL SYSTEMS COMPRISING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20180210212A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-07-26

    申请号:US15874363

    申请日:2018-01-18

    Abstract: An optical fiber for converting a Gaussian laser beam into a Bessel laser beam may include a first segment optically coupled to a second segment with a transition region, the first segment having a first outer diameter greater than a second outer diameter of the second segment. The first segment may include a first core portion with a first cladding portion extending around the first core portion. The first core portion may have an annular core region with a relative refractive index relative to the first cladding portion. The second segment may include a second core portion with a second cladding portion extending around the second core portion. The second core portion has a relative refractive index relative to the second cladding portion and the relative refractive index of the first annular core region may be substantially equal to the relative refractive index of the second core portion.

    LASER CONTROLLED ION EXCHANGE PROCESS AND GLASS ARTICLES FORMED THEREFROM

    公开(公告)号:US20180016188A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-01-18

    申请号:US15718559

    申请日:2017-09-28

    CPC classification number: C03C23/0025 C03C21/002

    Abstract: A method for forming ion-exchanged regions in a glass article by contacting an ion source with at least one surface of the glass article, forming a first ion-exchanged region in the glass article by heating a first portion of the glass article with a laser, and forming a second ion-exchanged region in the glass article. Characteristics of the first ion-exchanged region may be different from characteristics of the second ion-exchanged region. A depth of the ion-exchanged region may be greater than 1 μm. A glass article including a first ion-exchanged region, and a second ion-exchanged region having different characteristics from the first ion-exchanged region. The thickness of the glass article is less than or equal to about 0.5 mm.

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