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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2019
Ortronics, Inc., New London, CT (US);
Daniel M. Smith, Westerly, RI (US);
Legrand DPC, LLC, Ringgold, VA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides improved optical devices (e.g., discrete passive optical devices), and improved systems/methods for fabricating such optical devices. Systems/methods are provided for fabricating discrete passive optical devices by utilizing an advantageous cyclic core variance fabrication process/method. The cyclic core variance process/method employs a continuous process, but instead of having one constant core profile of the optical fiber, the core profile of the optical fiber varies cyclically, going back and forth between two or more core profile zones, with a gradual and properly-shaped transition zone in between. The core profile zones and transition zone can be custom formed (e.g., user-defined) to fabricate a variety of optical effects of the optical devices as desired, allowing a large variety of optical devices to be fabricated utilizing the exemplary cyclic core variance process/method.