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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2016
Applicant:
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Inventors:
Minghan Chen, Saint Johns, FL (US);
Ming-Jun Li, Horseheads, NY (US);
Jeffery Scott Stone, Addison, NY (US);
Assignee:
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/02 (2006.01); G02B 6/032 (2006.01); G02B 6/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/02042 (2013.01); G02B 6/032 (2013.01); G02B 6/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
Multicore optical fibers are disclosed that have randomly arranged cores within a cladding matrix. In some cases, the cores are defined by air lines formed in a glass matrix. The cores can have an edge-to-edge spacing designed so that the multicore optical fiber operates in either a weak-coupling regime or a strong-coupling regime. Imaging systems and optical fiber communication systems that utilize the multicore fibers disclosed here are also presented.