Crystal Fibre A/s

Nkt Photonics A/s

Peter M W Skovgaard

Guillaume Vienne

Jes Broeng

Jacob Riis Folkenberg

Christian Jakobsen

Martin Dybendal Maack

Thomas Nikolajsen

Martin Dybendal Nielsen

Kim Per Hansen

Anders Petersson

Jacob Rijs Folkenberg

Claus Friis Pedersen

The present invention deals with optical systems for providing short laser pulses. An object of the invention is to provide an optical system providing compact and cost-effective short laser-pulses using fibers with anomalous dispersion and high non-linear thresholds. The object is achieved by a short pulse optical system for generating or processing short laser-pulses, said optical system comprises an optical fiber in the form of a photonic crystal fiber arranged to provide guidance of light in the core region due to the photonic bandgap effect (PBG), where light propagates in a hollow or solid core surrounded by a Silica cladding comprising a substantially periodic distribution of micro-structural elements, and where the refractive index of the core is lower than the effective refractive index of the cladding. The invention may be useful in applications such as laser-based micromachining, thin-film formation, laser cleaning, in medicine and biology.

Optical system for providing short laser-pulses

An optical fiber having an axial direction and a cross section perpendicular to the axial direction, the optical fiber having a first light guiding fiber portion with a cladding region with a plurality of spaced apart cladding voids extending longitudinally in the fiber axial direction and a core region bounded by the cladding region, and a solid light transparent fiber portion having a first end facing the first light guiding fiber portion and a second end forming an end face of the optical fiber. The solid light transparent fiber portion provides a hermetic sealing of the cladding voids of the first light guiding fiber portion. A method of producing such an optical fiber and its use, such as an optical fiber connector and an article having a microstructured optical fiber with hermetically sealed end face, are also included.

Hermetically sealed optical fibre with voids or holes, method of its production, and its use

An optical coupler for coupling light from at least two input fibers into one output fiber and a method of fabricating and use of an optical coupler. The coupler comprises a) an input section comprising an output end face at one end of the bundling-length of input fibers; and b) an output section comprising an output fiber comprising a confining region for confining light propagated in the input fibers and a surrounding cladding region and having an input end face; wherein the output end face of said input section is optically coupled to the input end face of the output section and at least the confining region of the output fiber is tapered down from a first cross sectional area at the input end face to a second, smaller cross sectional area over a tapering-length of the output fiber.

Optical coupler, a method of its fabrication and use

The present invention relates in general to coupling of light from one or more input waveguides to an output waveguide or output section of a waveguide having other physical dimensions and/or optical properties than the input waveguide or waveguides. The invention relates to an optical component in the form of a photonic crystal fiber for coupling light from one component/system with a given numerical aperture to another component/system with another numerical aperture. The invention further relates to methods of producing the optical component, and articles comprising the optical component, and to the use of the optical component. The invention further relates to an optical component comprising a bundle of input fibers that are tapered and fused together to form an input coupler e.g. for coupling light from several light sources into a single waveguide. The invention still further relates to the control of the spatial extension of a guided mode (e.g. a mode-field diameter) of an optical beam in an optical fiber. The invention relates to a tapered longitudinally extending optical waveguide having a relatively larger cross section that over a certain longitudinal distance is tapered down to a relatively smaller cross section wherein the spatial extent of the guided mode is substantially constant or expanding from the relatively larger to the relatively smaller waveguide cross section. The invention may e.g. be useful in applications such as fiber lasers or amplifiers, where light must be coupled efficiently from pump sources to a double clad fiber.

Optical coupler devices, methods of their production and use

An optical fiber having an axial direction and a cross section perpendicular to said axial direction, said optical fiber comprising: a first light guiding fiber portion () having a cladding region with a plurality of spaced apart cladding voids extending longitudinally in the fiber axial direction and a core region bounded by said cladding region, and a solid light transparent fiber portion () having a first end facing the first light guiding fiber portion and a second end forming an end face of the optical fiber, said solid light transparent fiber portion providing a hermetic sealing () of the cladding voids of the first light guiding fiber portion; a method of its production, and its use, such as an optical fiber connector and an article comprising a microstructured optical fiber with hermetically sealed end face.

A microstructured optical fibre comprising an inner cladding and an outer cladding; said outer cladding comprising elongated outer cladding features extending in an axial direction of the fibre, and at least one cladding recess extending at least partly through the outer cladding in a radial direction to the inner cladding; said cladding recess providing optical access to the inner cladding; a method of forming a cladding recess in such an optical fibre comprising a step of collapsing a part of the outer cladding features by use of a heat source; an apparatus comprising such a microstructured optical fibre, preferably a laser or an amplifier.

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Birkerød, Denmark

Peter M W Skovgaard