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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 1999
Filed:
May. 20, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Griff Luhrs Bilbro, Raleigh, NC (US);
Wesley Edwin Snyder, Raleigh, NC (US);
Anthony Zilic, King George, VA (US);
Assignee:
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
385116 ; 385115 ; 385120 ; 362556 ;
Abstract
An array of tapered optical fiber bundles having input faces for receiving incident radiation thereon are staggered with respect to one another such that an input face edge portion of a tapered optical fiber bundle overlies a portion of an input face of an adjacent optical fiber bundle so as to occlude the overlaid portion from incident radiation. Optical fiber bundles may be staggered in various configurations, including repeating patterns.