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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2023
Applicant:
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Inventors:
Daniel Rivaud, Ottawa, CA;
Michael Y. Frankel, Pikesville, MD (US);
Vladimir Pelekhaty, Baltimore, MD (US);
Assignee:
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
An imaging fiber bundle includes a first end and a second end; and N photonic lanterns, N>1, wherein the N photonic lanterns are disposed between and aligned to the first end and the second end. Each of the N photonic lanterns includes first M multimode cores, at the first end, that extend to S single-mode cores, where M and S are integers, and M<S, and second M multimode cores that, at the second end, that extend from the S single-mode cores.