Optical waveguides – Optical fiber bundle – Imaging
Patent
1996-10-04
1999-03-09
Ullah, Akm E.
Optical waveguides
Optical fiber bundle
Imaging
G02B 606
Patent
active
058811958
ABSTRACT:
The present invention is an image guide which has applications in such areas as endoscopy and industrial imaging. This invention utilizes gradient-index optical fiber in order to produce an image guide with improved performance characteristics. These improved performance characteristics include increased brightness, enhanced resolution, greater flexibility, and smaller diameter. The smaller diameter of the image guide permits access through smaller apertures in order to image inaccessible locations.
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Nanoptics, Inc.
Ullah Akm E.
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