Optical waveguides – With optical coupler – Input/output coupler
Patent
1995-08-24
1997-11-11
Lee, John D.
Optical waveguides
With optical coupler
Input/output coupler
359 19, 359565, 359569, 385 37, G02B 632
Patent
active
056872640
ABSTRACT:
High intensity laser light is evenly injected into an optical fiber by the combination of a converging lens and a multisegment kinoform (binary optical element). The segments preferably have multi-order gratings on each which are aligned parallel to a radial line emanating from the center of the kinoform and pass through the center of the element. The grating in each segment causes circumferential (lateral) dispersion of the light, thereby avoiding detrimental concentration of light energy within the optical fiber.
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Cone Gregory A.
Lee John D.
Sandia Corporation
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