Optical waveguides – With optical coupler – Particular coupling structure
Reexamination Certificate
2007-12-11
2007-12-11
Font, Frank G. (Department: 2883)
Optical waveguides
With optical coupler
Particular coupling structure
C385S015000, C385S031000, C385S039000, C385S042000, C385S050000
Reexamination Certificate
active
11015565
ABSTRACT:
An optical fiber coupler capable of providing a low loss, high coupling coefficient interface between conventional optical fibers and optical waveguide devices is provided. The novel coupler, which may be polarization maintaining, if a polarization maintaining preform is used in its fabrication includes a core, a cladding, a first end for interfacing with an optical fiber and a second end for interfacing with an optical waveguide device. The sizes of the core and cladding are gradually reduced from the first end to the second end in accordance with a predetermined reduction profile. Various parameters, such as refractive indices and sizes of the core and cladding and the reduction profile are selected to produce a low numerical aperture at the first end and a high numerical aperture at the second end, while advantageously minimizing insertion loss and maximizing the coupling coefficient at each end. In another embodiment, the novel coupler includes a secondary cladding which is also reduced between the first and second ends to improve the strength of the coupler structure at the second end. In yet another embodiment, one or two novel couplers are formed along with a chiral fiber based optical waveguide device as a single continuous element. The optical fiber preform used to fabricate the novel optical fiber coupler can be etched prior to fabrication to facilitate application of the reduction profile.
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Kopp Victor Il'ich
Neugroschl Daniel
Singer Jonathan
Tchourikov Victor
Chiral Photonics, Inc.
Etkin, Esq. Edward
Font Frank G.
Lepisto Ryan
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