Optical waveguides – Accessories – Attenuator
Reexamination Certificate
2009-12-03
2010-10-12
Peng, Charlie (Department: 2883)
Optical waveguides
Accessories
Attenuator
C385S090000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07813613
ABSTRACT:
In one embodiment, method of forming fibers is provided. The method includes modifying a first exposed edge of at least one core of a first fiber. The first fiber has a first end, a second end, and a length between the first end and the second end. The second end has the first exposed edge of the core, and the first exposed edge has a first diffusion state. The first fiber may transmit light along the core. The modification of the first exposed edge includes modifying the first diffusion state of the first exposed edge of the core to a second diffusion state such that light exiting the first exposed edge in the second diffusion state is spread over a greater number of angles relative to angles of the light exiting the first exposed edge in the first diffusion state.
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Fenwick David Martin
Luebs Richard John
Morris Terrel L.
Wegher Duane A.
Yetter Jeffrey D.
El Shammaa Mary A
Hewlett--Packard Development Company, L.P.
Peng Charlie
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