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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2017
Magic Leap, Inc., Plantation, FL (US);
Brian T. Schowengerdt, Seattle, WA (US);
Mathew D. Watson, Bellevue, WA (US);
Charles David Melville, Camano Island, WA (US);
An-Shyang Chu, Bellevue, WA (US);
Timothy Mark Dalrymple, Gainesville, FL (US);
Vaibhav Mathur, Weston, FL (US);
Alejandro Lopez, Pembroke Pines, FL (US);
Aaron Mark Schuelke, Coral Springs, FL (US);
Magic Leap, Inc., Plantation, FL (US);
Abstract
A method of fabricating a variable diameter fiber includes providing a fiber optic cable, focusing a laser beam at a predetermined location inside the fiber optic cable, and creating a damage site at the predetermined location. The method also includes focusing the laser beam at a series of additional predetermined locations inside the fiber optic cable and creating a plurality of additional damage sites at the additional predetermined locations. The damage site and the additional damage sites define a variable diameter profile. The method further includes exposing the fiber optic cable to an etchant solution, preferentially etching the damage site and the plurality of additional damage sites, and separating a portion of the fiber optic cable to release the variable diameter fiber.