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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2022
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Anthony Sebastian Bauco, Horseheads, NY (US);
Joel Patrick Carberry, Big Flats, NY (US);
Ming-Jun Li, Horseheads, NY (US);
Craig Daniel Nie, Corning, NY (US);
Vincent Matteo Tagliamonti, Rochester, NY (US);
Chunfeng Zhou, Painted Post, NY (US);
CORNING INCORPORATED, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of processing an optical fiber that includes drawing an optical fiber along a fiber pathway through a hollow light pipe, wherein the hollow light pipe comprises a first end having an opening with a radius R, a second end and a pipe body comprising a chamber extending from the first to the second end, the fiber pathway extending through the pipe body, and a reflective coating is disposed on the pipe body, and directing a light from a directed light source into the hollow light pipe through the opening such that the light is reflected by the reflective coating while propagating in the hollow light pipe, the optical fiber absorbing the light reflected by the reflective coating, wherein the light enters the opening of the hollow light pipe at an input angle in a range of from 10° to 70° with respect to the fiber pathway.