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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2023
Applicant:
Corning Research & Development Corporation, Corning, NY (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, Corning, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/26 (2006.01); G02B 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/262 (2013.01); G02B 19/0009 (2013.01); G02B 19/0047 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a lensed optical fiber having a lens applied onto an end face of an optical fiber by laser beam processing. The lens having a radius of curvature that is greater than the diameter of the optical fiber. The lens is applied onto the end face of the optical fiber by laser beam processing in which a laser beam is applied onto the end face of the optical fiber to create the lens. The laser beam has a wavelength ranging between 2.65 microns and 2.85 microns.