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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 23, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hiroshi Suganuma, Ibaraki, JP;
Yutaka Imai, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/04 ;
Abstract
To realize the reduction of the coherence of coherent light by an optical fiber bundle including optical fibers provided with the necessary minimum difference in optical path length, the coherence of coherent light is reduced via an optical fiber bundle in which plural multimode optical fibers having a difference in length exceeding the coherence length of an outgoing light beam are bundled or an optical fiber bundle in which plural multimode optical fibers having a difference in length exceeding 60 percent of the coherence length of incident coherent light are bundled.