Optical waveguides – Optical fiber waveguide with cladding
Patent
1997-04-04
1999-04-27
Healy, Brian
Optical waveguides
Optical fiber waveguide with cladding
385126, 385125, 385127, 385141, 385143, 385145, 385901, G02B 602
Patent
active
058988106
ABSTRACT:
An illumination waveguide that includes: a core having a cross-section in which the shortest dimension of the cross-section is at least one millimeter; and a cladding surrounding the core that includes a polymer having an optically smooth inner surface.
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Devens, Jr. Douglas A.
Hoff Craig R.
Lundin David J.
Tuckner Paul F.
Buckingham Stephen W.
Healy Brian
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
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