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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2022
Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc., Blacksburg, VA (US);
VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, INC., Blacksburg, VA (US);
Abstract
A method for forming an optical fiber having at least one of a microresonator and a coupler integrated therein is described. The method includes providing an optical fiber having a light guiding core. modifying at least one region of the optical fiber using a laser, immersing the optical fiber having the at least one region as modified inside an etchant that selectively etches the at least one region as modified to generate at least one of a microresonator and a coupler integrated in the optical fiber, and removing the optical fiber from the etchant. The optical fiber as removed from the etchant may include the at least one of the microresonator and the coupler. The method may further include heating the optical fiber using, for example, a COlaser or other heating apparatus, to smoothen surface irregularities of at least one of the microresonator and the coupler.