System and method to remove light from cladding

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2008-03-25

2008-03-25

Pak, Sung (Department: 2874)

Optical waveguides

With optical coupler

Particular coupling function

C385S027000, C385S031000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07349596

ABSTRACT:
A system to remove cladding light from an optical fiber that includes a core and a cladding that surrounds the core. A volume of an index-matching material contacts an exterior surface of the cladding along a contact length of the optical fiber. The index-matching material has a refractive index that substantially matches a refractive index of the cladding at a predetermined clamping temperature and has a refractive index with a negative temperature coefficient, such that the index matching material distributively removes light from the cladding along the contact length based on the temperature of the index matching material that contacts the cladding.

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