Bi-planar multiport illuminator optic design for light guides

Details Bi-planar multiport illuminator optic design for light guides Bi-planar multiport illuminator optic design for light guides

1997-01-31

1999-06-08

Healy, Brian

Optical waveguides

With optical coupler

Input/output coupler

385 31, 385147, 385901, G02B 632

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active

059110201

ABSTRACT:
The inventive system, which is used in transmitting illumination from a central source to a variety of remote locations, efficiently couples the light originating from a lamp, or similar source, into a multiplicity of flexible macroscopic fibers. The combination of the several elements of the inventive system results in a very efficient transfer of the energy of the light source to the fibers. Light from the lamp is fed to a ring-shaped configuration of ports, with each port having one or more flexible macroscopic fibers connected thereto.

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