Optical waveguides – Optical fiber bundle
Reexamination Certificate
2007-07-24
2007-07-24
Bovernick, Rodney (Department: 2874)
Optical waveguides
Optical fiber bundle
Reexamination Certificate
active
11298844
ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides optical fiber bundles that can be configured to yield beams of radiation having tailored polarization and/or intensity properties. According to one embodiment of the invention, an optical fiber bundle includes a plurality of polarization-maintaining optical fibers, each of the polarization-maintaining optical fibers having an input end, an output end, an interior portion connecting the input end to the output end, and a polarization axis, wherein the input ends of the polarization-maintaining optical fibers are grouped in a first arrangement, and the output ends of the polarization-maintaining optical fibers are grouped in a second arrangement, and wherein the relative orientations of the polarization axes in the first arrangement is different than the relative orientation of the polarization axes in the second arrangement.
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Bovernick Rodney
Corning Incorporated
Schaeberle Timothy M.
Stahl Mike
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