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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 1983
Filed:
Jun. 13, 1980
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
U.S. Philips Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
350 9618 ;
Abstract
A coupling element for coupling a laser radiation source to a monomode optical transmission fiber. The end of the fiber is monotonically flattened at a temperature at which the fiber core has a viscosity of between 10.sup.7 to 10.sup.8.5 poises. The fiber has a cladding glass chosen to have a viscosity of between 10.sup.10 -10.sup.11 poises at the flattening temperature. This causes the core glass to emerge in the form of a semi-ellipsoidal lens, when the fiber is flattened.