Broadband fiber optic tap

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2006-10-03

2006-10-03

Lee, John D. (Department: 2874)

Optical waveguides

With optical coupler

Particular coupling structure

C385S028000, C385S039000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07116870

ABSTRACT:
A broadband optical fiber tap for transferring optical energy out of an optical fiber having an optical fiber with a primary and secondary microbends for the purpose of coupling optical energy into the higher-order modes of the fiber, and a reflecting surface formed in the cladding of the fiber and positioned at an angle so as to reflect, by total internal reflection, higher-order mode energy away from the optical fiber. In the preferred embodiment, the two microbends are spaced apart by a distance approximately equal to one-half of the intermodal beat length for LP01and LP11modes of a single-mode fiber.

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