Optical waveguides – Optical fiber waveguide with cladding
Reexamination Certificate
2006-09-19
2006-09-19
Ullah, Akm Enayet (Department: 2874)
Optical waveguides
Optical fiber waveguide with cladding
C385S126000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07110647
ABSTRACT:
A polarization maintaining optical fiber has a core extending along a longitudinal axis, where the core includes a rare earth and a first index of refraction. A cladding is disposed about the core and has a first thermal coefficient of expansion (TCE) and a second index of refraction that is less than the first index of refraction. The fiber can include a pair of longitudinally extending members, and each of the members can have a TCE that is different than the first TCE of the cladding. The pair can be spaced apart by a distance di. A second cladding can be disposed about the first cladding, and the second cladding can have a third index of refraction that is less than the second index of refraction. The fiber can have a fundamental mode having a mode field diameter (MFD). The core can be a multimode core having a diameter dcthat is greater than or equal to 15 microns, the numerical aperture of the core relative to the first cladding can be less than or equal to 0.12, the ratio di/MFD can be greater than 3, and the fiber can provide a beat length of less than 3 mm, where the beat length is measured at a wavelength of 633 nm.
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Farroni Julia A.
Manyam Upendra H.
Tankala Kanishka
Nufern
Rainville Peter J.
Rojas Omar
Ullah Akm Enayet
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