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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. 23, 1990
Filed:
Dec. 13, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stephen C Rand, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Robert A Cronkite, Westlake Village, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
350 9615 ; 307430 ; 350 9629 ;
Abstract
A nonlinear fiber-optic device including a single mode optical fiber having a longitudinal axis, for transmitting light therethrough of a given wavelength, and having a core and a cladding layer, a portion of the cladding layer being removed until a remaining portion of the cladding layer has a thickness of about one half of the given wavelength or less, and a nonlinear optical crystal having an optical axis, in contact with said remaining portion of the cladding layer, the optical axis of the crystal being substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the fiber.