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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2022

Filed:

Nov. 03, 2020
Applicant:

Asml Netherlands B.v., Veldhoven, NL;

Inventors:
Assignee:

ASML Netherlands B.V., Veldhoven, NL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B 37/012 (2006.01); C03C 15/00 (2006.01); C03C 25/68 (2006.01); G02B 6/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/02328 (2013.01); C03B 37/0122 (2013.01); C03C 15/00 (2013.01); C03C 25/68 (2013.01); G02B 6/02347 (2013.01); G02B 6/02357 (2013.01); G02B 6/02376 (2013.01); C03B 2203/16 (2013.01); C03B 2203/42 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for manufacturing a capillary usable as part of a hollow-core photonic crystal fiber. The method includes obtaining a capillary having capillary wall including a first wall thickness; and chemically etching the capillary wall to reduce the wall thickness of the capillary wall. During performance of the etching, a control parameter is locally varied along the length of the capillary, the control parameter relating to reactivity of an etchant used in the etching, so as to control the etched wall thickness of the capillary wall along the capillary length. Also disclosed is a capillary manufactured by such a method and various devices including such a capillary.


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