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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2022
Optical Engines, Inc., Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Donald Lee Sipes, Jr., Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Jason Tafoya, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Brian Michael Schulz, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
James Lefort, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Daniel Scott Schulz, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
OPTICAL ENGINES, INC., Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Abstract
A fiber support assembly includes: a first glass tube, wherein the first glass tube is attached to a microlens or lenslet of a microlens or lenslet array; a second glass tube at least partially disposed within the first glass tube; and a gain fiber disposed within the second glass tube, wherein the gain fiber has a first tapered end cap, and wherein the gain fiber with the first tapered end cap is aligned to the microlens or lenslet attached to the first glass tube. The fiber support assembly may further include: a pump fiber disposed within the second glass tube, wherein the pump fiber has a second tapered end cap; and a reflector configured to receive counter-pumping light from the pump fiber and direct the counter-pumping light to the first tapered end cap of the gain fiber.
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